The DNA damage from ionizing radiation (IR) erupting from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 is showing up in the ...
In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, a routine safety test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant spiraled into the ...
This week in science: the generational effects of nuclear radiation discovered in the children of Chernobyl cleanup workers; ...
It is thought that as many as five million people were exposed to some sort of health hazard following the Chernobyl disaster ...
CHILDREN of the Chernobyl “liquidators” who risked it all to clean up the toxic mess are now suffering the consequences, ...
They found an average of 2.65 clustered de novo mutations (cDNMs) per child, compared to 0.88 cDNMs in children of unexposed ...
Researchers from the University of Bonn have shown that children of cleanup workers at the power plant have an increased number of mutations in their DNA.
This toxic zone is now crawling with life no one expected.
On the 39th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, The Athletic’s Richard Sutcliffe recalls a visit to the nearby town of Pripyat, once home to a proud and ambitious football club, ...