Date: 24th March 2017

Time: 03:00 pm

Venue: IDS, Building 8, GTU, 75 Kostava Street, Tbilisi 

Event: Magnetic Radiation: Benefits and Hazards 

Format: Seminar

Speaker: Prof. Archil Vashakidze, GTU, Member of Georgian 

Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Poster © Vazha Pataridze

Prof. Vashakidze’s scientific-research interests are related to determining the impact of energy equipment on living organisms, and the identification of optimal parameters of the equipment to reduce or eliminate such an impact. He has also conducted research on non-traditional sources of electricity, and initiated studies on potential for the production of biobinine and biodiesel in Georgia. Charts and diagrams demonstrated by Prof. Vashakidze have clearly illustrated danger to human beings from an abusive use of the mobile phones – especially important for the Georgian part of the audience when the country population’s cellphone use time is well above the world’s average. Other data brought during the lecture bore witness to the failure of the Georgian government and other relevant institutions and companies to clearly inform the population on the fast-increasing hazards of magnetic radiation in the age of communication.