Post Date December, 02 2023
Don't you want to hear your wife urge you to do more housework? A study in the United States may give you a better reason: the electromagnetic field generated by household appliances such as vacuum cleaners will affect male fertility.
The latest study will be published in the Journal of Reproductive Toxicology.
Researchers at Stanford University selected 148 volunteers. Among them, 76 sperm were inactive, irregular in shape and insufficient in quantity, and 72 sperm were of good quality.
These volunteers come from all walks of life, but do not include people who are exposed to high temperature or chemical pollution for a long time, so the possibility of sperm damage caused by external environmental impact is ruled out. The volunteers were asked to carry a measuring instrument and automatically record the electromagnetic radiation data of what they thought was a typical day every 4 seconds.
The researchers found that half of the volunteers were exposed to the electromagnetic radiation peak of more than 0.16 μ Tesla, and their sperm quality was twice as likely as the other half. The study also showed that the longer the exposure time to high intensity magnetic field radiation, the greater the possibility of sperm quality decline.
Researchers said that the frequent use of household appliances with electric motors, such as refrigerators, blowers and vacuum cleaners, would produce high-frequency and high-intensity electromagnetic fields.
On November 15, the Daily Mail quoted Li Dekun, the research leader and fertility expert, as saying: "I suggest that male friends and couples who want to have children do as little as possible in the electromagnetic field."
Li Dekun said: "This is the first study to show the relationship between electromagnetic field and the decline of human sperm quality." This will provide a reasonable explanation for the decline of human sperm quality in the past century.
