Cell phones of destruction

About two weeks ago I noticed that on my left leg there’s a patch of chernobyl-like destruction where my (relatively hairy) leg has less hair than it should. This patch, coincidentally, corresponds to the place where my cell phone has hung wrothlessly in my pocket for the past three months.

I’m hoping it’s because of some principle of friction that this little patch exists, but there’s always the alternative that my cell phone, whose antenna radiates RF energy (the same thing that cooks food in a microwave), is slowly cooking a portion of my leg-meat. This would be useful in the wild, where I could live for weeks on end by cooking various portions of my body and then self-cannibalizing until I am rescued, however, I don’t currently need to eat my own legs to survive.

I still need to find some research / data that shows me whether the antenna still emits radiation (or a reduced amount, or no radiation) when the phone is on its “recieving” mode, that is, when I’m not actually using it. If it only emits radiation during active use, then I’m probably OK.

Didn’t some company in Japan invent a cell phone that was somehow properly shielded or something? I need to find and buy that one.