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An abandoned village near Pripyat, close to Chernobyl. The issue of long-term effects of the Chernobyl disaster on civilians is controversial. Over 300,000 people were resettled because of the disaster. Millions lived and continue to live in the contaminated area. [45]
[2] [3] [4] However, there is considerable debate concerning the accurate number of projected deaths that have yet to occur due to the disaster's long-term health effects; long-term death estimates range from up to 4,000 (per the 2005 and 2006 conclusions of a joint consortium of the United Nations) for the most exposed people of Ukraine ...
The Chernobyl Forum revealed in 2004 that thyroid cancer among children was one of the main health impacts of the Chernobyl accident, due to ingestion of contaminated dairy products and inhalation of Iodine-131. More than 4,000 cases of childhood thyroid cancer were reported, but there was no evidence of increased solid cancers or leukemia.
Long-term exposure even to low levels of radiation can ... The NYU findings are also significant because researchers are still working to understand the full effects of the Chernobyl disaster.
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster of April 26, 1986, is predicted to continue to harm the environment for at least 180 years
The Tony Blair Institute said global emissions would have been lower had an “inaccurate” portrayal of the technology’s safety had not taken hold
The CRDP, part of the United Nations Development Programme activities in Ukraine, has been launched based on the recommendations of “The Human Consequences of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident. A strategy for Recovery” Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine , the joint report by UN agencies initiated in February 2002.
According to Chernobyl disaster liquidators, the radiation levels there are "well below the level across the zone", a fact that president of the Ukrainian Chernobyl Union Yury Andreyev considers miraculous. [35] The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has been accessible to interested parties such as scientists and journalists since the zone was created.