Greenpeace disputes official estimates of Chernobyl health impact

Washington (Platts)--18Apr2006

Official estimates of the health impact from the Chernobyl accident have been
"hugely under-estimated," Greenpeace said today in releasing a new report. The
report predicts that 270,000 cancers will be caused by Chernobyl fallout, and
93,000 of those will be fatal. In a report released in September 2005, the
Chernobyl Forum, established at the request of the IAEA, estimated
accident-related deaths at about 4,000. The 138-page Greenpeace report,
"Chernobyl Catastrophe: Consequences on Human Health," is on the web at:
www.greenpeace.org/chernobylhealthconsequncesreport .


 

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