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Socialist Environmental Disasters (view source)
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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.
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.
[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]
The highly publicized death estimates were thus 200 to 2,000 times higher than the actual number.
The highly publicized death estimates were thus 200 to 2,000 times higher than the actual number.