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This is interesting. I have wondered for quite some time now if the millennial generation will be subject to mass infertility in their 30's due to constant cell

This is interesting. I have wondered for quite some time now if the millennial generation will be subject to mass infertility in their 30's due to constant cell phone radiation near the genitals. Obviously this won't be the end of the world, but it may certainly cause a drop in planned pregnancy. Fertility drugs are typically seen as rolling the dice, so maybe adoption will become the way of the future - who knows?

irishcoffee 12y ago
N = 1 sample size: I'm almost 30, been carrying a cell phone since I was 16. The mother of my child, same thing. At the time of conception (we were both mid-late 20's), we were drinking like fish, smoking a half pack a day, eating horribly, for whatever reason we were both in great shape (I exercise a lot, she was very into dancing), using protection (not as well as we thought apparently) and bam, shes pregnant. There was a list on thebump.com or some such website, listing all the do's and don'ts for getting pregnant, we pretty much broke every rule both ways, weren't trying, and now we have a child. I think the bigger problem with fertility will be overweight/obese people more than anything else. I have friends who have been trying to months/years, no luck. There seems to be a strong correlation between weight and fertility, at least in my anecdotal experience.
- joshuapants 12y ago
  > I think the bigger problem with fertility will be overweight/obese people more than anything else Obesity is linked with low testosterone in men, and normal levels of testosterone are necessary for good sperm production and fertility (testosterone treatments have the opposite effect) so I think this is correct.
iamcurious 12y ago
I don't see how mass adoption can be sustainable. On the other hand, if worst comes to worst, maybe they will carry cell phones in their ankles?
- _cudgel 12y ago
  Or maybe, just maybe they'll stop using these absurd time-wasting devices and re-engage with the rest of humanity via physical interaction.
  - NeutronBoy 12y ago
    Perhaps they'll also stop generalising how people use technology in a condescending tone as well ;)
    - EGreg 12y ago
      But who will go first!
snowwrestler 12y ago
How would cell phone radiation harm the genitals of humans?

irishcoffee 12y ago

N = 1 sample size: I'm almost 30, been carrying a cell phone since I was 16. The mother of my child, same thing. At the time of conception (we were both mid-late 20's), we were drinking like fish, smoking a half pack a day, eating horribly, for whatever reason we were both in great shape (I exercise a lot, she was very into dancing), using protection (not as well as we thought apparently) and bam, shes pregnant. There was a list on thebump.com or some such website, listing all the do's and don'ts for getting pregnant, we pretty much broke every rule both ways, weren't trying, and now we have a child. I think the bigger problem with fertility will be overweight/obese people more than anything else. I have friends who have been trying to months/years, no luck. There seems to be a strong correlation between weight and fertility, at least in my anecdotal experience.

joshuapants 12y ago
> I think the bigger problem with fertility will be overweight/obese people more than anything else Obesity is linked with low testosterone in men, and normal levels of testosterone are necessary for good sperm production and fertility (testosterone treatments have the opposite effect) so I think this is correct.

iamcurious 12y ago

I don't see how mass adoption can be sustainable. On the other hand, if worst comes to worst, maybe they will carry cell phones in their ankles?

_cudgel 12y ago
Or maybe, just maybe they'll stop using these absurd time-wasting devices and re-engage with the rest of humanity via physical interaction.
- NeutronBoy 12y ago
  Perhaps they'll also stop generalising how people use technology in a condescending tone as well ;)
  - EGreg 12y ago
    But who will go first!

snowwrestler 12y ago

How would cell phone radiation harm the genitals of humans?