• 2020-03-10
• T.A. Fatoba, K. G. Agbede
• Volume 1, Issue 2

Abstract

The widespread use of mobile phones (MP) in recent years has raised the research activities in many countries to determine the consequences of exposure to the low-intensity electromagnetic radiation (EMR). Therefore, this work was designed to investigate the effects of mobile phone on morphometries and some reproductive parameters using male Wistar rats. Twenty weaned male Wistar rats with average weight 80-112g and four sets of Nokia 103 (SAR- 1.15W/kg) were procured for the study. The rats were randomly allotted into five (5) treatments; Group I {Control (without)}; Group II {Ringing}; Group III {Ringing and vibration}; Group IV {Vibration} and Group V {Silent} comprising four (4) rats per treatment and were fed ad libitum with clean water served regularly. The results revealed that animals in the II and III had significantly higher (p<0.05) bodyweight, tail length, body length and sperm abnormalities than the control. but no effect (p>0.05) on head length, scrotal temperature, body temperature of the animals, semen colour, mass activity, motility and sperm concentration. We concluded that the mobile phone on silent mode produced lesser negative effect and likely safe. The results of this study justify the recommendation of keeping MP from the body parts.

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