Igor Yakymenko

National University for Food Technologies · Department of Environmental Science

This review aims to cover experimental data on oxidative effects of low-intensity radiofrequency radiation (RFR) in living cells. Analysis of the currently available peer-reviewed scientific literature reveals molecular effects induced by low-intensity RFR in living cells; this includes significant activation of key pathways generating reactive oxy...

Aim: Long-term exposure of humans to low intensity radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation (RF-EMR) leads to a statistically significant increase in tumor incidence. Mechanisms of such the effects are unclear, but features of oxidative stress in living cells under RF-EMR exposure were previously reported. Our study aims to assess a production of...

Objective: Oxidative mechanisms of the mutagenic and carcinogenic potential of radiofrequency radiation (RFR) have been demonstrated recently. This opens the need for antioxidative approach for protection of living cells from harmful effects of RFR. In this study, we aimed to assess the antioxidant potential of monochromatic red light of light-emit...

ces, including climate change challenges. Reaching EU ambitious goals toward climate-neutral Europe relies on active involvement of governments, industry and citizens. The EU demonstrates that effective communication between all these parties is crucial for success. The Jean Monnet Chair proposed aims to implement European Union studies on environm...

This scientific paper provides an analysis of the current state of biogas production and potential for improvement through optimizing biogas production and diversifying production. The analysis uses data from open sources and reports, such as EBA’s Statistical Report and analytical reports on market and digestate analysis. The authors present a com...

A plethora of studies show that exposure of living organisms to man-made polarized and coherent electromagnetic fields (EMFs), especially in the Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) and the microwave/Radio Frequency (RF) bands, may lead to oxidative stress (OS) and DNA damage. DNA damage is associated with mutations, cell senescence, cell death, infertili...

In the late-1990s, the FCC and ICNIRP adopted radiofrequency radiation (RFR) exposure limits to protect the public and workers from adverse effects of RFR. These limits were based on results from behavioral studies conducted in the 1980s involving 40–60-minute exposures in 5 monkeys and 8 rats, and then applying arbitrary safety factors to an appar...

The comparative analysis of laws and regulations on air quality, air protection, and its monitoring in the EU and Ukraine has been carried out to analyse the state of the European Union – Ukraine Association Agreement. The main features of the strategic documents “Europe 2020” and “Ukraine 2020” air pollution control are discussed. The analysis of...

Exposure of animals/biological samples to human‑made electromagnetic fields (EMFs), especially in the extremely low frequency (ELF) band, and the microwave/radio frequency (RF) band which is always combined with ELF, may lead to DNA damage. DNA damage is connected with cell death, infertility and other pathologies, including cancer. ELF exposure fr...

The basic principles of bionanotechnology and modern "green" chemistry are considered. The methods of synthesizing nanoparticles such as "top-down" and "bottom-up" are analyzed. The advantages of "green" synthesis of nanoparticles from plant raw materials with unique properties and a wide range of applications are presented. There are systematized...

Aim: Despite a significant number of epidemiological studies on potential carcinogenicity of microwave radiation (MWR) from wireless devices and a bulk of experimental studies on oxidative and mutagenic effects of low intensity MWR, the discussion on potential carcinogenicity of low intensity MWR is going on. This study aims to assess oxidative and...

Recent NTP (National Toxicology Program) study on cell phone radiation risks attracted a lot of attention. There are a lot of discussions but not so much real information about. So, let’s look precisely what is it all about.

Maybe unexpectedly for many, a proper diet can be one of the pillars in our successful fighting against harmful effects of EMF overexposure. For example, survey among electrohypersensitive (EHS) people in Finland revealed that they got the most relief from proper changes in their diet [1]. Up to 70% of them have admitted that proper diet was more e...

Undoubtedly, you know that electromagnetic radiation (EMR) is a risky factor for human health, and under some circumstances a lot of health problems can be caused by EMR exposure. This is especially true for radiofrequency/microwave overexposure from modern wireless devices like cell phones, Wi Fi routers or smart meters. (If you are not familiar w...

I’ll cover the questions how big a scale of the problem, what are the main reasons/starting points of EHS, the most often/typical symptoms, and do we have any effective treatment for this condition.

Use wired earpieces or speaker mode every time you make a call. The intensity of radiation decreases proportionally to square of the distance from a phone. If you keep a phone 10 cm from your head instead of 1 cm, intensity of radiation on a surface of your head drops 102 = 100 times!

As Dr. Martin Blank at Columbia University, New York City, justly noticed, people are predisposed to resist information, that may challenge the safety of EMF exposure from their beloved gadgets like smartphones, WiFi-connected laptops and so on. Indeed, I think, it’s challenging for many people to read about the increased risk of cancer due to smar...

Nikola Tesla, the world number one inventor in field of electricity, who discovered both alternative current practical potential and wireless communication principles, seems to be also the first ever victim of electrosensitivity (electrohypersensitivity, electromagnetic hypersensitivity).

These two names are hardly associated with any restrictions on new technology. Right? Wrong. As it turned out, both technology geniuses strictly limited access of their kids to wireless devices (in case of Bill Gates at least till 14 for each of his three children).

Kids differ from adults not only in size of shoes and caps. They differ in anatomy and physiology. They are growing and most of their physiological systems are not formed yet. That is why kids are much more vulnerable to any harmful agents than adults. Say, under exposure to microwave, living cells in kid’s organism will accumulate damages of DNA f...

A cell phone is the first device, which emits microwaves just near our brain while we are keeping them near the ear. And when the technology has been developed, nobody knew the possible effects of such kind of proximity for our health. Does anyone know now? Yes, science knows the univocal answer at least a decade or more. Let’s see the facts.

Student youth in Ukraine use cell phones intensively, and 37% of them talk on cell phones more than 1h daily. The feelings of physical discomfort and headache/earache during cell phone talks were experienced by 37.8% and 40% of students surveyed. Young people who used cell phones over 10 years experienced headaches/earaches during cell phone talks...

Radiofrequency radiation (RFR), e.g. electromagnetic waves emitted by our cell phones and Wi-Fi, are referred to as non-ionizing. This means that in contrast to the ionizing radiation, which does induce ionization of water and biologically important macromolecules, RFR does not have a capacity for such effects. Unlike, for example X-rays, the energ...

Purpose: Our study was designed to assess the effects of low intensity radiation of a GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) 900 MHz cellular phone on early embryogenesis in dependence on the duration of exposure. Materials and methods: Embryos of Japanese Quails were exposed in ovo to GSM 900 MHz cellular phone radiation during initial 38...

The Chornobyl (Chernobyl) nuclear power plant accident happened on April 26, 1986 in northern Ukraine, then a Soviet republic, was the biggest nuclear catastrophe in human history. The lessons of this catastrophe are extremely important for global nuclear safety and for nuclear medicine. This review concerns the results of complex animal researc...

A wide range of non thermal biological effects of microwave radiation (MW) was revealed during the last decades. A number of reports showed evident hazardous effects of MW on embryo development in chicken. In this study, we aimed at elucidating the effects of MW emitted by a commercial model of GSM 900 MHz cell phone on embryo development in quails...

In this review we discuss alarming epidemiological and experimental data on possible carcinogenic effects of long term exposure to low intensity microwave (MW) radiation. Recently, a number of reports revealed that under certain conditions the irradiation by low intensity MW can substantially induce cancer progression in humans and in animal models...

Review is devoted to the analysis of biological effects of microwaves. The results of last years' researches indicated the potential risks of long-term low-level microwaves exposure for human health. The analysis of metabolic changes in living cells under the exposure of microwaves from mobile communication systems indicates that this factor is str...

Intensive implementation of mobile telephony technology in everyday human life during last two decades has given a possibility for epidemiological estimation of long-term effects of chronic exposure of human organism to low-intensive microwave (MW) radiation. Latest epidemiological data reveal a significant increase in risk of development of some t...

Red laser light (lambda = 633 nm) in a dose of 9.5 mJ/cm2 defends quail's embryo from X-ray irradiation (8.5 Gr). It is expressed in the 1.9 times decrease of embryo mortality on early term of incubation and 1.6 times increase of hatch in a group of embryos, which were affected by X-rays and laser radiation compared with an embryo, irradiated only...

Low intensity red (Lambda =633 nm) light was used on hatching poultry and quail eggs to determine its influence on embryonic and post-embryonic development. Certain regimens of hatching egg irradiation (p=0.1 mW/cm<SUP>2</SUP>, t=60 c) significantly increased hatching rates (3.66-4.05%, p<0.001) and decreased chick mortality (1.25-3.23%, p<0.05) fo...

On the base of modern literary data it is shown that low level laser red radiation can render the manifested effect on the activity of main antioxidant enzymes. It is determined that the main enzymes of antioxidant system - superoxide dismutase, catalase, ceruloplasmine - absorb in the red part of spectrum and are capable to be reactive under some...