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by ascat 2130 days ago
I was also wondering like how the article says that relocating people near Chernobyl in such great extend isn't the right thing to do (taking the 9 months life expectancy limit in mind) but I am really confused here, because when I see movies or videos showing the Chernobyl accidents they show people feeling the burning sensation, vomiting, getting extremely sick and new babies being born with ill health, which is really scary. So if people don't re locate then they will constantly have this fear, right?
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Well obviously the people closest definitely should leave. But they eventually cleared out far more area than just the nearest town of people that were given large exposures.