This is something that I really want to study in the next few months. I told from many sources and in several places, you read the actual human toll was relatively small, from the Chernobyl accident compared to what we imagine. For example cited in a report for PBS on Tuesday, due to the Chernobyl Forum as only ("only") 4000 deaths on the disaster miles O'Brien of the United Nations. O'Brien says:
UN of Scientific Committee of the effects of atomic radiation, a report contending issued: "There is no clearly demonstrated increase in the incidence of cancer or leukaemia due to radiation in the exposed populations." Neither is there a proof for all non-malignant diseases related to ionizing radiation. "There is however widespread psychological reactions after the accident, the radiation, fear not the actual radiation doses were due."
This is in line with what I have learned from multiple independent sources. But it is clearly not the whole story. Other sources that the PBS report said O'Brien - mainly doctors and scientists from the Ukraine - say that it further evidence of much disseminated Chernobyl caused health problems in exposed populations.
I can not promise, I'll still answers to this quickly. But it is something that I am going to investigate. In particular, I am really curious whether the different groups of people the study Chernobyl different data are coming with wild, or whether the data is similar, but the conclusions differ wildly. Shall set up a too much at anecdote? The other group results are based on research which is not deep to go enough or long enough? I have no idea. But I am interested to know.
You can see O'Brien's full report from Chernobyl and/or read the transcript online. Fair warning, this is heartbreaking stuff. In particular his interview with one of the liquidators of Chernobyl - military and fire-fighting crews, the in the were brought to do practical cleanup of highly radioactive material.
Image: After a visit to the website of Chernobyl, miles O'Brien is shielded by a detector radiation. Photo by Catherine Buell. More pictures on PBS.
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