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Specialty Chemistry Forums => Nuclear Chemistry and Radiochemistry Forum => Topic started by: Mitch on September 05, 2005, 02:58:09 PM

Title: Chenobyl Death Toll
Post by: Mitch on September 05, 2005, 02:58:09 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050905/sc_nm/nuclear_chernobyl_dc

Title: Re:Chenobyl Death Toll
Post by: Borek on September 05, 2005, 03:59:09 PM

In a way that's nothing new - Ukraine was always exaggerating problem to get more help from abroad.

Title: Re:Chenobyl Death Toll
Post by: jdurg on September 05, 2005, 10:10:04 PM

The human body is amazingly resilliant to external dangers.  If the background radiation in the area has increased, then the body will adapt to that higher background level.  I truly think we won't see the full effect of Chernobyl until the NEXT generation of children are born.  That is, the children of the children who were affected.  So I'd say that a closer look at the incident in about 20 years would be a smart thing to do.

Title: Re:Chenobyl Death Toll
Post by: gregpawin on September 08, 2005, 05:04:59 PM

Did anyone ever go to that webpage where a girl documented her trip through chernobyl with pictures.  It was really beautiful and creepy to go through the ghost town with abandoned homes with the kids toys still out and tanks just sitting alongside the road...

got it:
http://www.kiddofspeed.com/default.htm (http://www.kiddofspeed.com/default.htm)