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[[Image:Chernobyl reactor-AEC.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Aftermath of Chernobyl reactor meltdown]]

[[Image:Chernobyl reactor-AEC.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Aftermath of Chernobyl reactor meltdown]]

There have been many '''environmental disasters''' that have occurred under (and often, because of) [[Socialist]] regimes.

There have been many '''environmental disasters''' that have occurred under (and often, because of) [[Socialist]] or [[Communist]] regimes.

 

==Chernobyl==

==Chernobyl==

The disaster at Chernobyl was caused by a lack of [[environmentalism|environmental]] [[regulation]] in an avowedly [[leftist]] [[regime]] which has used and promoted [[environmental]] movements worldwide to [[subversion|subvert]] [[free market]] economics and [[human rights]].

The disaster at [[Chernobyl]] was caused by a lack of [[environmentalism|environmental]] [[regulation]] in an avowedly [[leftist]] regime which has used and promoted [[environmental]] movements worldwide to [[subversion|subvert]] [[free market]] economics and [[human rights]].

Early reports after the Soviet nuclear accident at Chernobyl estimated radiation deaths at 10,000 to 100,000 people. But a UN report released recently put the actual death toll at 50 people and estimates that around 4,000 - 9,000 people will eventually die.<ref>http://europeandcis.undp.org/files/uploads/Press_Clippings_on_Chernobyl_Forum/Voice%20of%20America%20-%20Effects%20of%20Chernobyl%20Less%20than%20Expected%20-%2008.09.05.pdf</ref>

Early reports after the Soviet nuclear accident at Chernobyl estimated radiation deaths at 10,000 to 100,000 people. But a UN report released recently put the actual death toll at 50 people and estimates that around 4,000–9,000 people will eventually die.<ref>http://europeandcis.undp.org/files/uploads/Press_Clippings_on_Chernobyl_Forum/Voice%20of%20America%20-%20Effects%20of%20Chernobyl%20Less%20than%20Expected%20-%2008.09.05.pdf</ref>

The hype around environmentalist predictions of disaster has caused actual suffering:

The hype around environmentalist predictions of disaster has caused actual suffering:

{{cquote|There has been real suffering, particularly among the 330,000 people who were relocated after the accident. About that there is no doubt. But, for the five million people living in affected regions who are designated as Chernobyl 'victims,' radiation has had no discernible impact on physical health. Where a clear impact has been found is mental health. Fear of radiation, it seems, poses a far more potent health threat than does radiation itself. Symptoms of stress are rampant, and many residents of affected areas firmly believe themselves to be condemned by radiation to ill health and early death.<ref>http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/2328.cfm</ref>}}

{{cquote|There has been real suffering, particularly among the 330,000 people who were relocated after the accident. About that there is no doubt. But, for the five million people living in affected regions who are designated as Chernobyl 'victims,' radiation has had no discernible impact on physical health. Where a clear impact has been found is mental health. Fear of radiation, it seems, poses a far more potent health threat than does radiation itself. Symptoms of stress are rampant, and many residents of affected areas firmly believe themselves to be condemned by radiation to ill health and early death.<ref>http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/2328.cfm</ref>}}

==Notes==

==Notes==

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Environmental disasters caused by liberals]]

*[[Environmental disasters caused by liberals]]

*[[Climategate]], "The biggest scientific [[hoax]] in [[world]] history as the worst [[scandal]] of this generation."

*[[Climategate]], "The biggest scientific [[hoax]] in [[world]] history as the worst [[scandal]] of this generation."