Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The birth defects and widespread childhood cancers are a problem all over the former USSR. Not because of the Chernobyl accident, but because soviet industry polluted the country so thoroughly for so long that all of the former USSR is a dangerous chemical pit. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-486-2581 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 11/17/10 9:52 PM, "Marty Deveney" <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information