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Re:One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be ... by gleenn on Friday October 04, 2019 @11:45AM (#21158787)
The Chernobyl death toll estimates have been widely criticized as wrong because of the influence of the Soviet government trying to hide the problem. Some estimate the death toll to be at least an order of magnitude higher, and the area is still uninhabitable today many decades later.
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Re:One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be ... by ceejayoz on Friday October 04, 2019 @11:48AM (#21158821)
The UN's estimate from 2005 is unlikely to have had much Soviet influence in its preparation.
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Re:One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be ... by sorenn111 on Friday October 04, 2019 @12:43PM (#21159419)
How much data/information that the UN used was able to be influenced by the Soviet Union and its records? genuinely curious, I have no idea where the UN estimates come from nor a particular thought/agenda on the matter
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