05-30-2007, 11:22 AM
Quote:Is that a radiation shield in your shorts, or are you just glad to see me?
A Swiss clothing company has generated a buzz in the blogosphere by coming out with a line of underwear beefed up with silver threads to protect a guys private parts from cellphone radiation.
This comes in the wake of controversial research reporting a correlation between higher cellphone usage and lower sperm counts. But don't be too quick to send your $24 to Switzerland: The researcher behind one of those studies says wearing radiation-proof undies is a rather silly idea.
Even ISA Bodywear's Andreas Sallmann, the guy who came up with the idea, admits that the scientific evidence linking cell phones to reduced male fertility is ambiguous at best...
full article: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2...99945.aspx