• “A set of parameters explain infertility, and having your phone in your pocket is probably one of them,” says Alexandra Mesner, reproductive biologist. 

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Emmanuel Macron called infertility a “scourge” during his press conference on January 16.

Among the preconceived ideas on the subject, we find the fact, for a man, to keep his phone in his pocket all day long. “There is a range of arguments which all point in the same direction and which show that this will potentiate infertility,” explains urological surgeon Charlotte Methorst.

A question of waves, but not only that. The heat emitted by smartphones can also harm sperm production.’

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