The Newest Cell Phone Accessory: Lead Underpants

A new study out of the UK suggests that mobile phone radiation may be responsible for increased infertility in men. This observed decline in sperm count and motility, of course, has also been linked to obesity, smoking, stress, pollution and endocrine disrupting chemicals, but that needn’t stand in the way of roping in yet another culprit.

This latest round of worry over the health effects of mobile devices reminds one of Steve Milloy‘s recent round-up of the top ten junk science stories from the past ten years, including #2, the terrifying phantom risk of cell phone brain cancer.