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The effects of the Chernobyl accident have been dangerously mis-reported ever since the accident happened in 1986. We challenge the standard view. (You may enjoy our archive site, www.chernobyllegacy.com.)

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Radiation and Chernobyl realities – at last

Why we posted this: Radiation risk is often exaggerated, and especially in the case of the Chernobyl accident in 1986. The BBC – almost always “environmentalist” in instinct – was almost always wrong about Chernobyl for 20 years. This 2006 Horizon show was its first really decent contribution. More »

Themes: Chernobyl / Green / Interrogating the Media / Nuclear's Future. Posted by Paul Seaman on April 9th, 2008