[ RadSafe ] Chernobyl radiation death toll 56 so far - U.N

[Maury Siskel]

George,
Thanks very much for posting this article.  Can you (or anyone else) 
shed light on the current status of Z. Jaworowski  and the UNSCEAR group 
that contributed so heavily toward keeping the world's feet on the 
ground for years after Chernobyl? The last I recall, the UNSCEAR funding 
was being decimated -- due in part to fund-raising  groups whose 
contributions were being dried up by the truth which was that the 
catastrophe was not nearly as damaging as the "doomsday" people were 
portraying it to be.
Cheers,
Maury&Dog      maurysis at ev1.net

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George J. Vargo wrote:

>Chernobyl radiation death toll 56 so far - U.N
>Mon Sep 5, 2005 3:38 PM BST
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>By Francois Murphy
>VIENNA (Reuters) - The number of people killed by radiation as a result of the Chernobyl disaster, the world's worst nuclear accident, is so far 56, far lower than previously thought, the U.N. said on Monday.
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>A report compiled by the Chernobyl Forum, which includes eight U.N. agencies, said the final death toll was expected to reach about 4,000 -- much lower than some previous estimates -- and that the greatest damage to human health caused by the incident was psychological.
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>The disaster occurred at 1:24 a.m. on April 26, 1986, when an   [ STEAM ]   explosion at
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