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Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment By Alexy V. Yablokov, Vassily B. Nesterenko, and Alexey V. Nesterenko Boston:Blackwell, 2010. 327 pp. ISBN: 978-1-57331-757-3, $150
As we near the 25th anniversary ni clic Chernobyl Accident, there is still significant disagreement on the degree ot lungterm adverse impacts in the region and the world, despite decades of environmental and heath effects research. As scientific research continues, assessments of the impacts have resulted in revisions of the earlier reports of large-scale impact s. According to the authors, Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for the People and the Environment was written to provide a "brief and systematic" documentation of consequences of the accident.
The authors claim to provide the largest and most complete collection of data concerning the negative impacts of the Chernobyl on the health of people and on the environment. Most of the information presented focuses on the affected areas of Ukraine, Belarus, and the Russian Federation bui also includes areas of Europe and other parts of the northern hemisphere. The data include radiological/environmental measurements over different postaccident time scales, a wide range ot geographic locations, and various...