Re:Chernobyl and the Cost of Lies (2019)
by acidburnNSA on Sunday April 26, 2020 @08:05PM
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Citation needed for higher cancer in Gomel being significantly higher because of radioactive fallout from chernobyl causing several thousand extra deaths per year. Got a paper saying that that you could share? I ask because it contradicts what the WHO and UN have been saying for several decades.
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.