The trouble again is that the people have no money, and little choice but to live here. We are already mentally stressed. Their stress is well founded. Children are developing some types of cancer 60 times more often than they were before the Chernobyl nuclear plant's meltdown. Ismail-Zade says his group is short on drugs, antibiotics, and even some equipment.
Nobody is as angry as the mothers tending to their sick children.
They say they were never told of the dangers until it was too late. Oksana Gracheva, for example, is a child living in Gomel, an affected area where the children are supposed to be checked bi-annually. Many experts fear that as the years go by, the aftereffects of Chernobyl will prove to be even worse than they are known to be today. People in these areas are fearful the world will forget their plight over the passing years and help even less. On from the Uranium Institute, London Chernobyl Perspectives - by Anatolij Nosovsky, deputy director of the Chernobyl plant For the Children of Chernobyl Feedback Send us your comments.