Greenpeace has issued a report stating the cancer death toll resulting from the
Chernobyl disaster is grossly underestimated, and that the true figures will exceed a quarter of a million cancers
cases, with over 100,000 fatal cancers. With the information compiled, Greenpeace and 52 scientists challenge the
International Atomic Energy Agency Chernobyl Forum report as a gross simplification of the real experiences of human
suffering. In an effort to put faces on the statistical numbers, a new photography exhibit of victims will be traveling through 30 cities worldwide. Some of the photographs are featured online here. I will warn you though, the photographs of the children are especially heartbreaking and will disturb you.
According to a statement on the Greenpeace website, "These powerful images are a timely reminder that human lives are more than just numbers. For each statistic there is a person paying the ultimate price. Anyone who doubts the dangers of nuclear power should visit the exhibition and see for themselves one of the reasons why we oppose nuclear power. Twenty years on, every nuclear power plant bears the legacy of the nuclear industry's victims; and every nuclear power plant represents the threat of becoming the next Chernobyl."
The world is facing an energy crisis, and according to energy experts, it is not going to get better. But given the known dangers, are nuclear power plants the way to solve the problem?
Photo credit: Greenpeace. Elena, 19, is being treated for her second case of thyroid cancer in just 3 years.
1. Some people insist that Nuclear Power is the only feasable alternative to our current energy crisis and they also claim that it is safe. The downside of Nuclear Energy as expressed in this article is so incredibly horrific, how can anyone seriously consider such an alternative?
Posted at 1:14PM on Apr 19th 2006 by Ebineezer