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Health effects of Chernobyl (2011)
| Auteur | IPPNW, GFS |
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| Datum | april 2011 |
| Classificatie | 2.34.8.11/39 (TSJERNOBYL - ONGELUK & OMGEVING - MEDISCH/MUTATIES) |
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Uit de publicatie:
Health effects of Chernobyl | IPPNW and GFS Report April 2011 Authors: Dr. rer. nat. Sebastian Pflugbeil, Society for Radiation Protection Henrik Paulitz, IPPNW Dr. med. Angelika Claussen, IPPNW Prof. Dr. Inge Schmitz-Feuerhake, Society for Radiation Protection With the support of Strahlentelex information service Conclusion Even though the lack of large-scale independent long-term studies does not permit a complete picture to be made of the current situation, a number of trends can be shown: a high mortality rate and an almost 100 % morbidity rate can be observed among people, such as liquidators, who were exposed to high radiation levels. 25 years after the reactor catastrophe cancer and other diseases have emerged on a scale that, owing to the long latency period, might have appeared inconceivable immediately following the catastrophe. The number of non-cancerous diseases is far more dramatic than had ever before been imagined. “New” symptoms, such as the premature aging of liquidators, raise questions that research is still unable to answer. By 2050 thousands more cases of illnesses will be diagnosed that will have been caused by the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe. The delay between cause and noticeable physical reaction is insidious. Chernobyl is far from over. Particularly tragic is the fate of the thousands of children who were born dead or died in infancy, who were born with malformations and hereditary diseases, or who are forced to live with diseases they would not have developed under normal circumstances. The genetic defects caused by Chernobyl will continue to trouble the world for a long time to come – most of the effects will not become apparent until the second or third generation. Even if the extent of the health effects is not yet clear, it can still be predicted that the suffering brought about by the nuclear disaster in Fukushima is, and will be, of a similar magnitude.
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