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Offline bijou

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It's the get-out clause work-shy husbands have been praying for for years.
A study has found that household chores – including using a vacuum cleaner or microwave oven – could reduce a man’s chances of having children.
Researchers exposed male volunteers to electromagnetic fields – high doses of which are produced by all electrically charged objects, including refrigerators and vacuum cleaners – and found such exposure could double the risk of having poor-quality sperm.
Fertility expert Dr De-Kun Li said his work provides the first evidence of a link between electrical goods and declining male fertility.
Dr Li, of Stanford University, California, said: ‘I would advise men and couples trying for a baby to reduce their exposure to electromagnetic fields as much as possible. ...


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Re: Sorry darling, I can't do the vacuuming. It might damage my sperm count
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2009, 05:20:59 PM »
Make sure they avoid using the computer and watching TV as well  :uhsure:

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Re: Sorry darling, I can't do the vacuuming. It might damage my sperm count
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2009, 05:25:35 PM »
A lot of sitting on their fannies can lower their sperm count.  :whistling:



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Re: Sorry darling, I can't do the vacuuming. It might damage my sperm count
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2009, 05:26:27 PM »
I wonder how this affects those that work around power plants, with those big electrical generators?  Those things have to produce some huge magnetic fields.

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Re: Sorry darling, I can't do the vacuuming. It might damage my sperm count
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2009, 05:33:54 PM »
Make sure they avoid using the computer and watching TV as well  :uhsure:

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