The scientific debate is ongoing over whether congenital birth defects can be linked to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that happened 30 years ago this month. Physicians in the ...

children with deformities and birth defects, for example. But the 2005 Chernobyl Forum report found scant evidence that this was the case. In fact, other than a marked increase in thyroid cancers ...

UNSEEN Chernobyl photos have revealed the extent of the horrors inside the nuclear blast zone with babies born with heartbreaking birth defects and first-responders left to die alone in hospital ...

The ongoing birth defects population monitoring system established ... Wertelecki pointed out two main lessons learned from the Chernobyl and the Fukushima-Daiichi disasters: "It is not the ...

That’s it. There is no reliable evidence that radiation from Chernobyl caused an increase in any other disease or malady including birth defects. There is a natural human tendency to look for ...

"The biggest health danger from Chernobyl is from panic and stress ... She said they have digestive disorders, birth defects, genetic abnormalities, respiratory problems, cancer and other conditions.

The fate of Chernobyl babies: From expanded maternity wards to radiation-fueled birth defects "Lost Tapes" opens with a local official proudly showing off a newly built maternity ward, the ...

The bottom line is there is no convincing evidence of increased birth defects.” Alexey V. Yablokov, outspoken author of Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment ...

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is located ... pregnant women to undergo abortions to avoid bearing children with birth defects or other disorders, though the actual level of radiation exposure ...

Chernobyl’s reactor meltdown remains history ... damage to plantlife, and birth defects in both humans and animals. The ecological damage remains difficult to comprehend, but the region ...

According to WHO, 6 per cent of babies are born with birth defects worldwide. Birth defects are structural or functional defects that occur when babies are developing in the mother's womb.