Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's great work, photographically. Factually, it's unfortunately misleading. Very detailed epidemiological analysis by UNESCEAR indicated that only a few hundred cancer cases and no detectable change in birth defects were associated with the disaster. I have seen hospital wards and asylums in other parts of the former USSR that were not affected by the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl that look just like these ones. In a way it's worse - this is not the result of a nuclear accident, it's just how things are for many sick and disabled children in these places. My nicer photos from Russia: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Russia/ Marty On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > I have read many books on the Chernobyl incident, but this photo essay is > outstanding IMHO. ?I was invited to be part of a trade delegation to Kiev > about a month after the explosion, but I begged off. ?The images may be > disturbing to many. ?It is impossible to think how this would be > multiplied, > even in the case of a "limited" nuclear attack or exchange. > > Ken > > http://todayspictures.slate.com/inmotion/essay_chernobyl/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >