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Can mobiles make you infertile? [1]

Health Ministry Orders India's First Major Study To Find Out In a recent pilot study done at Jawaharlal Nehru University, rats subjected to radiation from mobile phones were found to have damaged DNA and low sperm count, leading to infertility and reduction in testis size. The Union health ministry now wants to find out whether excessive cellphone use could be having the same adverse effects on your health.

Publication Date: 
11/06/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
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Health Effects [3], Radiation [4], Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare [5], Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR) [6], Delhi [7]
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