These radioactive particles, which also include others such as cesium-137 enter the body through contact with the skin or through the mouth and nose. In Chernobyl, these particles were thrown into ...

There were no cases of ARS among the general public living in cities and villages around the Chernobyl power plant. Large doses of radiation could affect a number of systems in the body that are ...

The Elephants Foot of the Chernobyl disaster. Exposure to even low doses of ionizing radiation can damage the body in any number of ways, but one of the biggest concerns is cancer. This happens ...

UNSEEN Chernobyl photos have revealed the extent ... shows a newborn baby in an incubator with green spots across its body. Another shows a pale, bald child staggering through a hallway ill ...

The Chernobyl explosion happened one year after ... “The lower part of the [baby’s] body turns into, like, a fishtail.” As for today, the fallout was so intense that it has yet to dissipate.

Thirty years ago, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine ... circulating-pump operator killed in the accident; his body remains entombed inside Reactor No. 4.

Cooke visited Pripyat and Chernobyl in June while working for CBS ... I was aware that radiation is an invisible sensation but regardless my body reacted in a psychological way.

and Chernobyl expert, explained to me. “The skin is our best barrier to the microbes that kill,” said Thomas. "When you damage that barrier, entry into the body by pathogens is made much ...

Radiation levels at Chernobyl are measured as “ambient dose equivalent” rates—essentially the amount of energy, due to ionizing radiation, that the human body would absorb if exposed to the ...

Chernobyl has become a byword for catastrophe ... and spread to other parts of the body. In animals, this is often fatal, because their cells and systems are highly specialized and inflexible.