Kazakhstan 2008 Nuclear Waste
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Kazakhstan. Semipalatinsk. Regional Children Clinical Hospital. Mother and daughter on a bed. The child suffers from an urology disease. She was born in 2005 near the Semipalatinsk Polygon ( called today National Nuclear Center of Kazakhstan). The girl is a second (or third) generation victim of the 456 atomic testing - 116 atmospheric, 340 underground - from 1949 to 1989. The regions high frequency of urology diseases is primarily due to fallout from nearby nuclear test sites. The child...
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