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It was a great tragedy. But neither was the the number of deformed children nor the number of cases of cancer "countless". There have been put numbers on it [1]
by ckuehne 16y ago
It was a great tragedy. But neither was the the number of deformed children nor the number of cases of cancer "countless". There have been put numbers on it [1].
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Assessing_the_disaster.27s_effects_on_human_health http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Assessing_th...
- moe 16y agoAnd which number is the right one? According to your link: - UNSCEAR claims 6000 cases of cancer. - IAEA claims 4000 deaths - Greenpeace claims 200,000 deaths - IPPNW claims 10,000 - 50,000 cases of cancer - New York Academy of Sciences claims 985,000 deaths