Re: Chernobyl remembered - article

[muckerheide <muckerheide@attbi.com>]

 From: maury <maury@WEBTEXAS.COM>



> At least so far this is the first propagation of this 15 to 30 thousand deaths

> fairy tale that I have noted for the 16th anniversary of Chernobyl. Here is a

> French news agency release picked up in an Australian news web site

> which claims: " An estimated 15,000 to 30,000 people have since died." It is

> sad enough that about 100 people lost their lives in this disaster without the



Maury, Where do you find 100?  I expect deaths in high-dose cleanup workers,

but no sound estimates. Follow-up of hospitalizations for ARS (acute rad

syndrome - about 207? I'd have to look it up at the moment) didn't show

excess deaths, but some could perhaps be attributed. Non-ARS high-dose group

has some leukemia deaths, but not significant, though actual cases may show

highest doses that may be attributable).

Thanks.

Regards, Jim



> gratuitous unattributed claim of thousands more having perished. Surely

> it would be interesting to learn exactly how this "estimate" was made and by

> whom? Norm, can you shed any light on this? You posted the article on Radsafe

> as well as on Salem and Know Nukes - do you personally afford this claim

> any credibility?

> Sincerely,

> Maury Siskel           maury@webtexas.com

> =============================

> Norman Cohen wrote:

> 

>>> Andrew Hund wrote:

>>> Chernobyl remembered

>>> 26apr02

>>> SLAVUTICH, Ukraine: About 250 people gathered to commemorate the 16th

>>> anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion, the world's

>>> worst nuclear accident, in this town near the doomed facility.

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