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Higher Frequency DNA Mutations Found In Children Of Chernobyl Cleanup Workers
They found an average of 2.65 clustered de novo mutations (cDNMs) per child, compared to 0.88 cDNMs in children of unexposed parents.
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The Mutants Of Chernobyl: How Radiation Exposure Forced Animals To Evolve To Survive
Several animals live in the the 'Chernobyl Exclusion Zone' - a 30-mile cordon where public access is forbidden due to contamination.
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Wolves Living Near Chernobyl Plant Have Developed Cancer-Fighting Abilities: Study
The wolves in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) were exposed to 11.28 millirem of radiation daily - more than six times the legal safety limit for humans.
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Chernobyl Radiation Is Causing Darker Skin Colours In Frogs: Study
The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster's radioactive fallout has caused the Eastern tree frogs in Ukraine to rapidly evolve.
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Ukraine Wants Chernobyl To Be Tourist Site. Experts Don't Agree
The tourists first started flocking to Chernobyl nearly 10 years ago, when fans of the video game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. wanted to see firsthand the nuclear wasteland they'd visited in virtual reality.
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Going Home To Chernobyl Ghost Town 32 Years On
Natalia Shevchuk gazes at the peeling walls inside her old flat and tears run down her cheeks: 32 years after the Chernobyl disaster she is finally revisiting her childhood home in the ghost town of Pripyat.
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Ukraine Marks 30 Years Since Chernobyl Disaster
Ukraine prepared today to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which permanently poisoned swathes of eastern Europe and highlighted the shortcomings of the secretive Soviet system.
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There's No Place Like Home, Even In The Chernobyl Disaster Zone
Some people found life away from home so unbearable they decided to return, even when home was the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster.
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Chernobyl widows mourn as bell tolls 25 times
A bell in Ukraine's capital has tolled 25 times for the number of years that have passed since the Chernobyl disaster, as the world began marking the anniversary of the worst nuclear accident in history.Several hundred Ukrainians, mostly widows of plant workers and those sent in to clean up after the explosion, attended a service near a monument to...
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Japan raises nuclear crisis level to 7; worst on global scale, at par with Chernobyl
Japan's nuclear regulators raised the severity level of the crisis at a stricken nuclear plant on Tuesday to rank it at par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, citing the amount of radiation released in the accident.The regulators said the rating was being raised from 5 to 7 -- the highest level on an international scale overseen by the International...
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Higher Frequency DNA Mutations Found In Children Of Chernobyl Cleanup Workers
They found an average of 2.65 clustered de novo mutations (cDNMs) per child, compared to 0.88 cDNMs in children of unexposed parents.
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The Mutants Of Chernobyl: How Radiation Exposure Forced Animals To Evolve To Survive
Several animals live in the the 'Chernobyl Exclusion Zone' - a 30-mile cordon where public access is forbidden due to contamination.
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Wolves Living Near Chernobyl Plant Have Developed Cancer-Fighting Abilities: Study
The wolves in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) were exposed to 11.28 millirem of radiation daily - more than six times the legal safety limit for humans.
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Chernobyl Radiation Is Causing Darker Skin Colours In Frogs: Study
The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster's radioactive fallout has caused the Eastern tree frogs in Ukraine to rapidly evolve.
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Ukraine Wants Chernobyl To Be Tourist Site. Experts Don't Agree
The tourists first started flocking to Chernobyl nearly 10 years ago, when fans of the video game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. wanted to see firsthand the nuclear wasteland they'd visited in virtual reality.
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Going Home To Chernobyl Ghost Town 32 Years On
Natalia Shevchuk gazes at the peeling walls inside her old flat and tears run down her cheeks: 32 years after the Chernobyl disaster she is finally revisiting her childhood home in the ghost town of Pripyat.
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Ukraine Marks 30 Years Since Chernobyl Disaster
Ukraine prepared today to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which permanently poisoned swathes of eastern Europe and highlighted the shortcomings of the secretive Soviet system.
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There's No Place Like Home, Even In The Chernobyl Disaster Zone
Some people found life away from home so unbearable they decided to return, even when home was the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster.
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Chernobyl widows mourn as bell tolls 25 times
A bell in Ukraine's capital has tolled 25 times for the number of years that have passed since the Chernobyl disaster, as the world began marking the anniversary of the worst nuclear accident in history.Several hundred Ukrainians, mostly widows of plant workers and those sent in to clean up after the explosion, attended a service near a monument to...
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Japan raises nuclear crisis level to 7; worst on global scale, at par with Chernobyl
Japan's nuclear regulators raised the severity level of the crisis at a stricken nuclear plant on Tuesday to rank it at par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, citing the amount of radiation released in the accident.The regulators said the rating was being raised from 5 to 7 -- the highest level on an international scale overseen by the International...
