Reference: NEWSru.com
Keywords: divers, contradincting opinions by different researchers
Abstract: Natural Environment Research Council has published shocking results of its study: the risk of the effects of radiation on people, who have been victims of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, is less serious than it is commonly believed. The Chernobyl disaster turned out to be as dangerous to health as a constant overeating, says Washington Profile. The consequences of the Chernobyl disaster occasionally raise debates. A year ago, researchers from Columbia University came to the conclusion that Chernobyl dramatically increased the number of cases of thyroid cancer. The reason is entering of radioactive particles of iodine into food.
URL: http://www.newsru.ru/world/10apr2007/4ernobyl.html
Title: Realistic Assessment of Chernobyl`s Health Effects.
Author: Javorovski Z.: A
Reference: 21 th Century Science and technology, 1998, v. 11, № 1, p.14 – 25)
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URL: http://www.ecoatominf.ru/divers/ch.htm
Author: N. Pavlovskaya
Reference: РМЖ Независимое издание для практикующих врачей (BC independent publication for practitioners)
Keywords: cause of thyroid cancer, various research
Abstract: Coordinator of International Projects WHO on diseases of the thyroid gland, Dr. K. Baverstock, believes that among 1 million children who have fallen under irradiation in Belarus, a few percent are at risk to acquire thyroid cancer. Expert from the Cambridge University, Dr. D. Williams considers this percentage to be 10%. However, even if we assume that the radiation is the main cause of the epidemic of thyroid cancer, it is unclear exactly which radioisotopes play a major role and what other factors may be present to influence the disease. At the beginning, cesium 137 was in focus, however, nowadays radioiodine has replaced its position.
…An epidemiological study to determine the role of genetic factors in the overall picture of increasing the incidence of cancer will be among the other 25 studies of thyroid cancer in children, conducted in three different countries.
URL: www.rmj.ru –
Title: CHERNOBYL: THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
Author: Zbigniew Jaworowski
Reference: International Journal of Low Radiation 2006 – Vol. 3, No.4 pp. 319 – 324
DOI: 10.1504/IJLR.2006.012006
Keywords: Belarus; Chernobyl, health consequences, irrational fear, radiophobia, Russia, Ukraine, UNSCEAR, contamination
Abstract: People living in contaminated regions of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine ‘need not live in fear of serious health consequences’ and UNSCEAR forecasts that ‘generally positive’ prospects for the future health of most individuals should prevail.
URL: http://ecolo.org/documents/documents_in_english/cherno-zbigniew_fear-06.htm
Title: A tale of two forests: addressing postnuclear radiation at Chernobyl and Fukushima
Author: Winifred A. Bird and Jane Braxton Little
Reference: Environ Health Perspect. 2013 March; 121(3): a78–a85.
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.121-a78
Keywords: forest, Fukushima, Chernobyl
Abstract: To report this story, Jane Braxton Little traveled to Chernobyl, and Winifred A. Bird made numerous trips to the Fukushima area. For Little, whose Harvard MA is in Japanese cultural history, it was the Fukushima accident that sparked her interest in how radiation affects ecosystems and led to her first visit to Ukraine. Bird has been living in Japan and writing about natural resource issues since 2005; in July 2011 she reported for EHP on chemical contamination following the Tohoku tsunami and earthquake. Seeing the effects of the accidents firsthand and interviewing residents and cleanup workers on the ground deepened the partners’ understanding of the management issues and the underlying science.
URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3621180?pdf=render
Title: Post-Chernobyl investigations of radiocaesium activity concentrations in Adriatic Sea pilchards
Author: Zdenko Franić, Branko Petrinec1, Gina Branica, Gordana Marović, Dragan Kubelka and Zrinka Franić
Reference: Radiat Prot Dosimetry (2012) 151 (2): 314-322.
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncs012
Keywords: 134Cs, 137Cs, Adriatic Sea
Abstract: Investigations in the post-Chernobyl period (1986–2009) of radiocaesium activity concentrations in Adriatic pilchards are presented. Compared with pre-Chernobyl period, the Chernobyl nuclear accident caused increase of 137Cs activity concentrations in pilchards. By fitting the measured 137Cs activity concentrations to the theoretical curve was estimated to be 1.5±0.4 y for 1986–90 and 5.8±0.4 y for 1991–2009 and the bimodal behaviour for the ecological half-life of 137Cs in pilchards has been observed. Estimated annual effective doses received by 134Cs and 137Cs intake due to consumption for an adult member of Croatian population are small. Collective dose for the 1986–2009 period was 4.9+0.3 person-Sv. The observed 134Cs/137Cs activity ratio in pilchards was similar to the ratio that has been found in other environmental samples. The concentration factor for pilchards was roughly estimated to be 93.7±39.2 l kg−1, which is consistent with the values observed elsewhere.
URL: http://rpd.oxfordjournals.org/content/151/2/314.full.pdf+html
Title: Chernobyl: A Reassessment
Author: David R. Marples
Reference: Eurasian Geography and Economics, Volume 45, Issue 8, 2004, pages 588-607
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.45.8.588
Keywords: declassified documents, KGB, September 1982 Chernobyl accident
Abstract: A Canadian specialist on Ukraine and the historic accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station provides a reassessment of the disaster on the basis of recently declassified documents of the Ukrainian KGB. The new information makes it possible in several instances to clarify details surrounding the accident and its aftermath. It also adds support to the argument that problems with equipment, operating procedures, and the safety regime at Chernobyl were far from isolated occurrences, but rather were endemic, as manifest in a serious September 1982 accident at the plant that was concealed from the world by Soviet authorities.
URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2747/1538-7216.45.8.588#.Udt6YKxLOM0
Title: Outcome of Pregnancy in one Norwegian County 3 Years Prior to and 3 Years Subsequent to the Chernobyl Accident
Author: Magnar Ulstein, Tone Skeie Jensen, Lorentz M. Irgens, Rolv Terje Lie, Erling Sivertsen
Reference: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, Volume 69, Issue 4, pages 277–280, January 1990
DOI: 10.3109/00016349009036146
Keywords:pregnancy, Norway
Abstract: Pregnancy outcome was studied in a county in Norway 3 years prior to and 3 years subsequent to the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident on 26th April 1986. More detailed analyses have been performed for the 12 months prior to and subsequent to the accident. A significant increase in the spontaneous abortion rate the first year after the accident was followed by a slight decrease during the second and third years, but figures were still higher than the period prior to the accident. the rate of legal abortions was unchanged. During the entire observation period the number of births increased continuously, with the exception of a decrease in the last 2 months of 1986 and the first month of 1987. A higher incidence of spontaneous abortions was found for pregnancies conceived during the first 3 months after the accident. This increase in the spontaneous abortion rate is noteworthy, and more especially its long-term persistence, which cannot be the result of external radiation. the internal radiation from food polluted by radioactive fallout is a possible explanation. Changes in nutrition in order to avoid polluted food may also be of importance.
URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3109/00016349009036146/abstract
Title: Growing up in the shadow of Chornobyl: adolescents’ risk perceptions and mental health
Author: Bromet EJ, Guey LT, Taormina DP, Carlson GA, Havenaar JM, Kotov R, Gluzman SF
Reference: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology [2011, 46(5):393-402]
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0203-5
Keywords:mental health
Abstract: Despite long-term research on risk perceptions of adults after ecological disasters, little is known about the legacy for the generation exposed to toxic elements as infants. This study examined Chornobyl-related risk perceptions and their relationship to mental health in adolescents raised in Kyiv in the aftermath of the accident.
URL:http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/20221882
Title: A 25 year retrospective review of the psychological consequences of the Chernobyl accident.
Author: Bromet EJ, Havenaar JM, Guey LT
Reference: Clinical Oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) [2011, 23(4):297-305]
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2011.01.501
Keywords: psychological consequences, mental health
Abstract: The Chernobyl Forum Report from the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster concluded that mental health effects were the most significant public health consequence of the accident. This paper provides an updated review of research on the psychological impact of the accident during the 25 year period since the catastrophe began. First responders and clean-up workers had the greatest exposure to radiation. Recent studies show that their rates of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder remain elevated two decades later. Very young children and those in utero who lived near the plant when it exploded or in severely contaminated areas have been the subject of considerable research, but the findings are inconsistent. Recent studies of prenatally exposed children conducted in Kiev, Norway and Finland point to specific neuropsychological and psychological impairments associated with radiation exposure, whereas other studies found no significant cognitive or mental health effects in exposed children grown up. General population studies report increased rates of poor self-rated health as well as clinical and subclinical depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Mothers of young children exposed to the disaster remain a high-risk group for these conditions, primarily due to lingering worries about the adverse health effects on their families. Thus, long-term mental health consequences continue to be a concern. The unmet need for mental health care in affected regions remains an important public health challenge 25 years later. Future research is needed that combines physical and mental health outcome measures to complete the clinical picture.
URL:http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/21330117
