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by thow-58d4e8b 1543 days ago
As far as I recall, there were some measurable increases in cancer incidence among children in Belarus, mostly due to milk intake

However, all that was completely drowned by a collapse of life expectancy resulting from the chaos of the 90s. We're horrified at a few tens of extra cancers, but 100M men losing 10-15 years of their life due to socio-economic circumstances doesn't raise anyone's eyebrow