14 April 2006 | Chernobyl’s myths and misconceptions by Kalman Mizsei and Louisa Vinton The twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident of April 26, 1986 is prompting a new wave of alarmist claims about its impact on human health and the environment. As has become a ritual on such commemorative occasions, the death toll is tallied in the hundreds of thousands, and fresh reports are made of elevated rates of cancer, birth defects, and overall mortality.
26 April 2004 | Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General "Eighteen years ago today at the Chernobyl power plant, the world suffered
the worst nuclear accident in its history. Thousands of people were displaced from their homes, their livelihoods lost, traumatised by a disaster they could scarcely understand or defend themselves against."
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