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BY GARY COTTON

Men watching this video might want to take a step or two back. A recent report from scientists in Argentina suggests WiFi might be killing off your sperm cells. ABC News has more.

"All you dudes out there that use wifi just like me, apparently it has an impact on your sperm. Your boys may not swim the way they’re suppose to because it says here after four hours next to a wifi connected computer, 25% of the sperm had stopped moving and 9% actually showed DNA damage.”

The report compared those numbers to 14% of sperm cells lost when the laptop wasn’t connected. Science Direct reports, it went on to say...

“Ex vivo exposure of human spermatozoa to a wireless internet-connected laptop decreased motility and induced DNA fragmentation by a nonthermal effect.”

But wait, wasn’t heat supposed to be the culprit for sluggish sperm? New York’s WPIX expands on that, saying it’s just another threat.

“They are blaming it on the wifi of electromagnetic radiation. Heat from a laptop can also lower sperm counts. Holders studies having to do with radiation from cellphones because that can do a number on sperm as well.”

But don’t ditch the wifi just yet. Some scientists are questioning the study’s claims. One told the BBC...

“[Sperm] don't have the protection of the other cells, tissues and fluids of the body in which they are stored before ejaculation. Therefore, we cannot infer from this study that because a man might use a laptop with wi-fi on his lap for more than four hours then his sperm will necessarily be damaged and he will be less fertile.”

A blogger for Baby Center agrees, saying studying sperm outside of the body isn’t really giving them a fair shot.

“[Experts like] Dr. Robert Oats– who, with two children, a laptop and an iPad, feels his virility is firmly intact– are saying ‘not so fast.’ This study, Oats says, has no relevance to real life. I have to assume he is referring to the fact that the sperm in question is unnaturally out of the scrotum and, um, under a laptop.”

No word yet on just how much danger your sperm might be in, but many have offered a cure-all. Try putting that laptop on your desk instead of your lap.