Apparently the study of 220 men showed that a man's sperm count could drop by as much as one third if he used a mobile phone. The worst affected were those men who habitually kept their phones in the trouser pockets or in a belt clip.

The researchers concluded that the damage was being done by electro-magnetic radiation given out when the handset searches for the nearest base station on a frequent basis.

British experts apparently complained that Hungary doesn't have at least three different mobile phone frequencies - unlike Britain? So you could be safer on T-Mobile, 3 or Orange, then? Doesn't sound likely.

Of course, the reports don't mention the fact that a general trend towards low sperm counts across industrialised societies has been observed. How come mobile phones get the blame? µ