After Chernobyl, complexity surrounds local health problems Elizabeth Landau, CNN 9 ... There’s no “Chernobyl” name tag on tumors in people who suffered radiation exposure.

KIEV, Ukraine — Sergey Krasilnikov, 65, was one of about 800,000 soldiers, firefighters, engineers, miners, farmers and volunteers tasked with taking part in the Chernobyl cleanup operation ...

People with severe iodine deficiencies develop enlarged thyroid glands, or goiters. ... But after Chernobyl, the most significant release of radioactive iodine ever, ...

MARTIN: There are people in Japan now who will be experiencing some of what you experienced after Chernobyl. And I wondered if you had some thoughts for them about how they can recover and go on ...

After the 1986 Chernobyl explosion, nearby villages were classified into four zones. ... “People get sick a lot, but neither children nor anyone here are needed.

The 50,000 people who once lived there were hastily evacuated after the explosion; today the only human sounds are the tourist groups who come to marvel at the baleful remains, including a rusting ...

Why Did People Take Iodine Pills After Chernobyl Exploded? News. By Rafi Letzter published 4 June 2019 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Thirty years after the world’s worst nuclear accident, the Chernobyl power plant is surrounded by both desolation and clangorous activity, the sense of a ruined past and a difficult future. The ...

Thirty years after the world’s worst nuclear accident, the Chernobyl power plant is surrounded by both desolation and clangorous activity, the sense of a ruined past and a difficult future. The ...