>a few fringe groups and Greenpeace said 93,000 yep, pretty close. The cancer rates in the Gomel and Mogilev (2 regions where the majority of fallout happened)

>a few fringe groups and Greenpeace said 93,000 yep, pretty close. The cancer rates in the Gomel and Mogilev (2 regions where the majority of fallout happened) are significantly higher - like for example breast cancer is about 2 times - and that means several thousands extra deaths per year. People talking about small/mild background level miss the point of the fallout. It isn't about background level, it is about radioisotopes, especially alpha generating ones, getting inside the body.