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linktv on Apr 26, 2011
International agencies, the nuclear industry and governments ignore important scientific data about the consequences of the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. A screw up or a cover up? Authors of a new book, Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment published by the New York Academy of Sciences say it was a massive cover up. They say that almost a million people worldwide died as a result of Chernonbyl — not 4,000 as officially claimed by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the World Health Organization. Book co-author, Professor Alexey V. Yablokov, Councilor of the Russian Academy of Sciences and former environmental advisor to Russian President Boris Yeltsin, tells Earth Focus that international organizations are ignoring scientific data published in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, countries most severely affected by the fallout from Chernobyl, because of their links to the nuclear industry. Professor Yablokov and book editor, US toxicologist Janette Sherman, MD, book note that effects of Chernobyl continue to be felt today by countries as far away as Germany and the the United Kingdom. Wild boars harvested by hunters in Germany continue to be tested for radioactivity and restrictions are still in place on the movement, sale and supply of sheep in parts of the United Kingdom. Book authors say there is evidence that links exposure to radioactivity with diminished human intelligence, as recent studies with schoolchildren in Sweden indicate, as well as breaks in chromosomes that lead to devastating birth defects and mental handicaps. The effects of Chernobyl will last for seven generations or more.
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Chernobyl – The Real Story
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Chernobyl in the US?
with Greg Palast
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RTAmerica on Apr 26, 2011
Though it has been 25 years since the Chernobyl disaster, has much changed in terms of safety when it comes to nuclear plants? The facilities at Fukushima were said to be an improvement from Chernobyl, so as the US turns toward building new plants in Texas, how weary should Americans be? Investigative journalist Greg Palast says the alternative to nuclear power are safer and cheaper and that Americans shouldn’t be quick to think that a disaster won’t happen on their own turf.
see
Remarks by Ralph Nader on the 25th anniversary of the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl, Ukraine
Press conference on Fukushima with Helen Caldicott
Greg Palast: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear situation in Texas?
Nuclear Nightmare by Ralph Nader + Caldicott: UN lies about nuclear threat
Dandelion Salad 
If it is a matter of radiation inducing diminished mental capability, then I would dare say that a lot of people – ‘experts’, politicians, et al, have already received doses of radiation long time ago.
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