男性將手機放褲兜 小心精子被煮熟
Mobile phones are 'cooking' men's sperm
Fertility experts are warning man that using a mobile for as little as an hour a day is "cooking sperm" and lowering level significantly.
生育專家警示男性：每天玩手機的話,即使只是玩一個小時,都是在"煮精子",會大大降低精子的質量.
The new study shows that having a mobile phone close to the testicles - or within a foot or two of the body - can lower sperm levels so much that conceiving could be difficult.
這項最新研究表明,手機的存放位置若靠近睪丸,或者在身體的一兩英尺（1英尺=0.3米）之內,都將極大地降低精子質量,甚至威脅到生育能力.
The findings have led to a leading British fertility expert to advise men to stop being addicted to mobile phones.
根據該研究結果,英國一位著名生育學家對廣大男性同胞發出倡議：不要沉溺于手機.
The study - by highly respected specialists - found that sperm levels of men who kept their phones in their pocket during the day were seriously affected in 47 per cent of cases compare to just 11 per cent in the general population.
業內知名專家進行的這項研究發現：那些整天把手機放在口袋里的男性,其中47%都有精子質量嚴重受損的情況,而相比之下,在普通人群中,這個比例僅為11%.
Professor Martha Dirnfeld, of the Technion University in Haifa, said: "We analysed the amount of active swimming sperm and the quality and found that it had been reduced.
以色列海法理工大學的瑪莎·迪恩菲爾德教授說道："我們對活躍的游動精子進行了分析,其數量和質量都有所下降."
"We think this is being caused by a heating of the sperm from the phone and by electromagnetic activity."
"我們認為,手機或其他電磁輻射活動相當于對精子進行了加熱,從而導致這一結果."
The team monitored more than 100 men attending a fertility clinic for a year.
該研究團隊對前往生育診所就診的100多名男性進行了為期一年的追蹤調查.
They found that besides men keeping their phones close to their groin many spoke on the phone while it was charging and kept it only a few centimetres from their bed.
研究人員發現,男士們除了會把手機放在腹股溝附近之外,還會在充電時打電話,或者把手機放在離床僅幾厘米遠的地方.
Even keeping the phone on a bedside table appears to raise lower sperm cell counts.
即使把手機放在床邊的桌子上,也會使低質精子數目增加.
The findings are in the journal Reproductive BioMedicine and support a long-feared link between dropping fertility rates in men and the prevalent use of cellular phones.
長久以來,人們一直擔憂男性生育能力下降與手機的普及有關,而該研究證實這種擔憂是必要的.研究成果發表在了《生殖生物醫學》雜志上.
The quality of sperm among men in Western countries is constantly decreasing and is considered crucial in 40 percent of the cases in which couples have difficulty conceiving a child.
目前在西方國家,男性精子質量不斷下降,有情況嚴重的夫妻甚至難以孕育自己的孩子,這類情況占比高達40%.
