Written by: Newton C. Braga

 

 

Someone told me it is not appropriate to leave the cell phone in your shirt pocket or on your body, even when it is not being used because it is constantly transmitting radiation. It is true?

 

Yes, cell phones, even when they are not in use they constantly communicate with the base stations (ERB) to say where they are, so that these stations can forward calls when they come. This is important when we move from one location to another where the station being used is another. So the cell phone constantly emits signal pulses to these stations. You can check the existence of these issues in a very easy way: take a common AM transistor radio and tune it out of stations. Put it on your mobile. You will hear the emissions that it does constantly, even when it is off