Do you think putting a laptop on your lap can be harmful? For men?!
Question: My ex-wife said that putting a laptop on my lap was bad for me and I should put a pillow between the laptop and me. She said it could affect my reproductive organs.
Have you heard anything about the health issues of using a laptop?
Answers: My ex-wife said that putting a laptop on my lap was bad for me and I should put a pillow between the laptop and me. She said it could affect my reproductive organs.
Have you heard anything about the health issues of using a laptop?
Laptop Computers May Affect Male Fertility
Fertility experts advise men to avoid hot tubs and to wear boxer underwear so that the temperature of the testicles remains at a relatively low level. Raising scrotal temperature by just 1 degree (C) can reduce sperm count by as much as 40 percent. Now researchers at the State University of New York have identified another risk factor for fertility problems in men, the use of laptop computers. After one hour of use, the base of a laptop computer measures about 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees C.). Men who worked at a computer balanced on their laps had an average scrotal temperature increase of 5 degrees Fahrenheit (2.7 C) after 1 hour of use. This finding prompted the researchers to voice concerns in the European journal Human Reproduction about damage to fertility in men from laptop use.
I have an additional concern about body exposure to any electromagnetic radiation, from computers and cell phones held next to the body. Cell phones emit radiation whether they are in talk or standby mode as they constantly search for a transmitter. Everyone should always use a headset rather than putting a cell phone next to your brain. Children should never use cell phones without a headset. Don't keep cell phones in a pants pocket near reproductive organs or in a shirt or jacket pocket next to your heart. A review of all cell phone studies to date revealed that nine published studies have examined the association between cell phones and brain or eye tumors. All nine showed an enhanced cancer risk from cell phones with increasing risk for longer duration of phone use (Kundi, 2004).
Computers similarly emit electromagnetic radiation. My advice is to keep them off your lap.
yea i think so if the battery blows up or something and the battery realy gets hot
Yes I have...and I never put the laptop on my lap...Im a woman but I believe it is true for both sexes....its similar to mobile phone signals.
Oh! I saw this article waay back where this guy burned his testicles because he placed his laptop on his lap and it got overheated and he didn't realize it before it was too late. I thought it was funny, but I guess laptops placed on laps can be hazardous to men!
no, if it gets way too hot, put a pillow or a blanket under it.. and its all good :D
never really heard that but it could be true!!!!
Oh no, not my sperm; not my millions of sperm!
Unless the laptop gets overheated, and/or explodes, none of which are likely unless you have a malfunctioning part; there won't be any damage except a temporary decrease in sperm production.
Same thing with that person suggesting boxers and not going in hot tubs...the extra heat decreases the count, but it's nothing near permanent.
I stick my laptop on my lap all the time...nothing's malfunctionint yet.
and a side note, cell phones and other electronics don't emit harmful radiation. If they did, we'd all be dead from the waves being put out by radio stations, sattelites, and anything that produces light.
yep
They don't call them laptops anymore, they're "notebooks" for a very simple reason - they get way too hot to sit on your lap. It's not sperm that you need to worry about, just general heat plus by doing that you're probably blocking the vents and thus damaging the computer.
Cushions btw are even worse as they also block more vents. They're designed to sit on a hard surface really.
As for radiation - there's a little bit of RF coming off it, but nothing more than a std. computer and keeping your mobile in your pocket will expose you to an awful lot more than a laptop. If you're very worried, just think about all those Wi-Fi signals beaming in around it which are even stronger.
There is the heat on the sperm count thing, but that's realtively temporary and to be honest unless you're trying to have kids and already have a low sperm count then it's not going to make much difference. Jeans are a lot worse than that than a computer.