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Chernobyl Death Toll Debate Sways OverTime
A U N report says deaths from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster were far fewer than feared. It notes under 50 direct radiation deaths and about 4,000 likely deaths from cancer among liquidators, with thyroid cancer rising among those exposed as children.
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Kiev
Ukraine
Valentyna Stanyuk
Chernobyl
Red Cross
Bystrichy
Belarus
Russia
Europe
Soviet Union
Norway
U.S. Pacific Northwest
Volodymyr Sert
United Nations
Venyamin Khudolei
Center For Independent Ecological Expertise
Russian Academy of Science
Greenpeace
Greenpeace International
Didier Louvat
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna
U.N