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United Kingdom: Chernobyl lessons missed because research gaps

Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 29th, 2014
Guardian: The long-term health effects of Chernobyl remain unclear 25 years after the most serious nuclear accident in history, according to a former World Health Organisation (WHO) official. A full assessment of the public health impact has been thwarted by poorly co-ordinated research on residents in areas close to the plant, and should be carried out with funding from the European commission, said Keith Baverstock, a former health and radiation adviser to the WHO. He said research had been frustrated...
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