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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 discernable 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 discernable 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>}}

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Novaya Zemlya]], "the most polluted place on earth"<ref>[http://www.mongabay.com/reference/country_studies/russia/GEOGRAPHY.html]</ref>

*[[Novaya Zemlya]], "the most polluted place on earth"<ref>[http://www.mongabay.com/reference/country_studies/russia/GEOGRAPHY.html]</ref>

==Links==

==External Links==

*[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 Effects of Chernobyl Less than Expected]

*[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 Effects of Chernobyl Less than Expected]

*[http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/2328.cfm Chernobyl: The 20-Year Anniversary] - Worldpress.org - April 27, 2006.

*[http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/2328.cfm Chernobyl: The 20-Year Anniversary] - Worldpress.org - April 27, 2006.