After-effects of Chernobyl disaster

Madam, - You have published several letters from proponents of the nuclear industry who allege there were no significant after…

Madam, - You have published several letters from proponents of the nuclear industry who allege there were no significant after-effects from radiation due to the Chernobyl catastrophe.

In September 2007 Chemistry World reported on a study by US researchers which showed that the Chernobyl fall-out affected the later academic performance of Swedish children who were still in the womb at the time of the explosion. The analysis was based on a study of more than 560,000 children born between 1983 and 1988. -Yours, etc,

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