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Chernobyl's Cancer World Record

October, 2001

The nuclear disaster at Chernobyl produced the biggest group of cancers ever from a single incident, according to scientists in the UK. Almost 2,000 confirmed cases of thyroid cancer have resulted from the accident 15 years ago, and as many as 5 million may face an increased cancer risk.

Read about it at this in-depth BBC article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1615000/1615299.stm






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