Fallout Over Europe - Chernobyl Disaster
Four hundred times more radioactive material was released than had been by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Approximately 100,000 km2 of land was significantly contaminated with fallout, the worst hit regions being in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.
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4. MazdaMadsen commented 10 years ago
I was born and lived on this island for 25 years:
https://maps.google.dk/maps?q=bornholm&ie=UTF-8&ei=RtZsUrbxMsuVhQeH1ICIDA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg
That explains my third eye
https://maps.google.dk/maps?q=bornholm&ie=UTF-8&ei=RtZsUrbxMsuVhQeH1ICIDA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg
That explains my third eye
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8. schlafanzyk commented 10 years ago
#6 Looking at the speed of the cloud spread, I'm guessing a week or two. You can also see the cloud source die off 3/4 into the video. That should be when most of the fire was contained and radioactive dust was no longer emitted way up into the atmosphere at extremely high rates. But a little more information about the video would indeed be helpful.
Asthma is more likely a result of the insane pollution levels until the early 90s. Health effects of radiation and radioactive poisoning mostly show up in higher cancer rates, birth defects and other illnesses related to cell mutation.
Asthma is more likely a result of the insane pollution levels until the early 90s. Health effects of radiation and radioactive poisoning mostly show up in higher cancer rates, birth defects and other illnesses related to cell mutation.
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9. LaoMa commented 10 years ago
Fortunately the USSR gave us heads up... Oh wait, no they didn't
After all these years, mushrooms are still radioactive in Finland because of the fallout. Some shrooms have radiation levels as high as 5000 Bq/kg, whereas the EU defined safety limit for Cesium-137 radiation in food is 600 Bq/kg. Boiling reduces the radiation dramatically and not all species and areas are as badly contaminated. In other words, one would have to eat ridiculous amounts of mushroom salads etc. to get any health issues. Still, a grim reminder of the scale of the incident.
After all these years, mushrooms are still radioactive in Finland because of the fallout. Some shrooms have radiation levels as high as 5000 Bq/kg, whereas the EU defined safety limit for Cesium-137 radiation in food is 600 Bq/kg. Boiling reduces the radiation dramatically and not all species and areas are as badly contaminated. In other words, one would have to eat ridiculous amounts of mushroom salads etc. to get any health issues. Still, a grim reminder of the scale of the incident.
+16 1. captain_obvious commented 10 years ago