An_Inspector_Calls, I've had a hard day at the office, so forgive me if I don't respond immediately to everything you've said.
And here's a direct quote from Kofi Annan, said in 2000 when he was Secretary-General of the UN:
Chernobyl is a word we would all like to erase from our memory. But more than seven million of our fellow human beings do not have the luxury of forgetting. They are still suffering, everyday, as a result of what happened . . .The exact number of victims can never be known. But three million children demanding treatment until 2016 and earlier represents the number of those who can be seriously ill . . . their future life will be deformed by it, as well as their childhood. Many will die prematurely.
And here's something from yet another report by yet another bunch of silly, hysterical doctors who obviously don't 'understand' the effects of radiation:
The above is from Health effects of Chernobyl, a report published last year by the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). If interested you can find the report here. Amongst other things, Health effects of Chernobyl says:
When it comes to a bunch of doctors who have absolutely nothing to gain by publishing such reports, as opposed to a bunch of corrupt politicos at the UN who are closely aligned with the nuclear industry, I'll go with the doctors any day.
And here's a direct quote from Kofi Annan, said in 2000 when he was Secretary-General of the UN:
Chernobyl is a word we would all like to erase from our memory. But more than seven million of our fellow human beings do not have the luxury of forgetting. They are still suffering, everyday, as a result of what happened . . .The exact number of victims can never be known. But three million children demanding treatment until 2016 and earlier represents the number of those who can be seriously ill . . . their future life will be deformed by it, as well as their childhood. Many will die prematurely.
And here's something from yet another report by yet another bunch of silly, hysterical doctors who obviously don't 'understand' the effects of radiation:
At the “Chernobyl Forum of the United Nations” organised in September 2005 by the
International Atomic Energy Agency and the World Health Organisation, the presentation of
the results of work on the effects of Chernobyl showed serious inconsistencies. For example:
the press release of the WHO and IAEA stated that in the future, at most, 4000 surplus
fatalities due to cancer and leukaemia amongst the most severely affected groups of people
might be expected. In the WHO report on which this was based however, the actual number of
deaths is given as 8,930. These deaths were not mentioned in any newspaper articles. When
one examines the source quoted in the WHO report, one arrives at a number between 10,000
and 25,000 additional fatalities due to cancer and leukaemia.
International Atomic Energy Agency and the World Health Organisation, the presentation of
the results of work on the effects of Chernobyl showed serious inconsistencies. For example:
the press release of the WHO and IAEA stated that in the future, at most, 4000 surplus
fatalities due to cancer and leukaemia amongst the most severely affected groups of people
might be expected. In the WHO report on which this was based however, the actual number of
deaths is given as 8,930. These deaths were not mentioned in any newspaper articles. When
one examines the source quoted in the WHO report, one arrives at a number between 10,000
and 25,000 additional fatalities due to cancer and leukaemia.
- 50,000 to 100,000 liquidators (clean-up workers) died in the years up to 2006. Between 540,000 and 900,000 liquidators have become invalids;
- Congenital defects found in the children of liquidators and people from the contaminated areas could affect future generations to an extent that cannot yet be estimated;
- Infant mortality has risen significantly in several European countries, including Germany, since Chernobyl. The studies at hand estimated the numberof fatalities amongst infants in Europe to be about 5000;
- In Bavaria alone, between 1000 and 3000 additional birth defects have been found since Chernobyl. It is feared that in Europe more than 10,000 severe abnormalities could have been radiation induced;
- By referring to UNSCEAR one arrives at between 12,000 and 83,000 children born with congenital deformations in the region of Chernobyl, and around 30,000 to 207,000 genetically damaged children worldwide. Only 10% of the overall expected damage can be seen in the first generation;
- In Belarus alone, over 10,000 people developed thyroid cancer since the catastrophe. According to a WHO prognosis, in the Belarussian region of Gomel alone, more than 50,000 children will develop thyroid cancer during their lives. If one adds together all age groups then about 100,000 cases of thyroid cancer have to be reckoned with, just in the Gomel region;
- Altogether, the number of Chernobyl related cases of thyroid cancer to be expected in Europe (outside the borders of the former Soviet Union) is between 10,000 and 20,000;
- In more contaminated areas of Southern Germany a significant cluster of very rare tumours has been found amongst children, so-called neuroblastomies;
- In Germany, Greece, Scotland and Romania, there has been a significant increase in cases of leukaemia;
When it comes to a bunch of doctors who have absolutely nothing to gain by publishing such reports, as opposed to a bunch of corrupt politicos at the UN who are closely aligned with the nuclear industry, I'll go with the doctors any day.
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