08-09-2005, 16:41
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Chernobyl 'likely to kill 4,000'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4216102.stm
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Dr Burton Bennett, chairman of the Chernobyl Forum and an authority on radiation effects, said: "This was a very serious accident with major health consequences, especially for thousands of workers exposed in the early days who received very high radiation doses, and for the thousands more stricken with thyroid cancer.
"By and large, however, we have not found profound negative health impacts to the rest of the population in surrounding areas, nor have we found widespread contamination that would continue to pose a substantial threat to human health, within a few exceptional, restricted areas."
Melissa Fleming, of the IFEA, said the Chernobyl Forum report showed there was "finally a consensus" on the health and environmental consequences" of the explosion.
The report also concluded that, aside from a 30km (18 mile) area surrounding the site, radiation levels in the area had returned to acceptable levels.
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