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Health consequences of the Chernobyl accident (1995)

Auteur	WHO
Datum	1995
Classificatie	2.34.8.11/27 (TSJERNOBYL - ONGELUK & OMGEVING - MEDISCH/MUTATIES)
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The explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Ukraine in 1986 sent a wave of 
fear around the world. A huge cloud carried radioactivity far and wide but it was in 
the areas immediately around Chernobyl that the heaviest fallout was concentrated.

Hundreds of persons- particularly power plant workers, firemen and soldiers - had 
massive doses of radiation and some died as a result. But what of the health of the 
general population, the ordinary citizens who lived in the towns and villages near 
Chernobyl?

This report summarizes the findings of a series of projects, carried out over several 
years, to discover what effects continued exposure to the radiation of Chernobyl has 
had on ordinary people in Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. The projects, 
supported by the International Programme on the Health Effects of the Chernobyl 
Accident (IPHECA), specifically examined thyroid cancer, blood diseases, fatal 
brain damage and oral health problems but looked for other health effects too.

The findings range from increased psychological problems in adults to a definite rise 
in thyroid cancer in children and a chance of more mental retardation in infants. It 
is clear, however, that the story of the health effects of Chernobyl is far from over. 
This report is just the first chapter of the full story that may take generations to tell.

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