tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post114492086198388872..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Mahler songs mark Chernobyl anniversaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1146002091112341242006-04-25T22:54:00.000+01:002006-04-25T22:54:00.000+01:00Our concert was very successful. The musicians and...Our concert was very successful. The musicians and the actors played and spoke as never before. Many crying people in the audience! The lady came from Kiew and we cried both and were happy. An unforgettable evening.<BR/><BR/>The last message of Deutschlandradio: The concert will be broadcasted to Belorussia, Hungary and Canada.<BR/><BR/>IPPNW ConcertsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1145535148118245222006-04-20T13:12:00.000+01:002006-04-20T13:12:00.000+01:00The death toll from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster...The death toll from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 20 years ago could be far higher than official estimates, with up to 93,000 extra cancer deaths worldwide, environmental group Greenpeace said on Tuesday.<BR/><BR/>Based on research by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the report said that of the 2 billion people globally affected by the Chernobyl fallout, 270,000 will develop cancers as a result, of which 93,000 will prove fatal.<BR/><BR/>The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) estimates 4,000 people died as a result of the explosion in reactor number four at the power plant in the Ukrainian town of Chernobyl on April 26, 1986.<BR/><BR/>The explosion sent a plume of radioactive dust across northern and western Europe and as far as the eastern United States.<BR/><BR/>"It is appalling that the IAEA is whitewashing the impacts of the most serious nuclear accident in human history," said Greenpeace anti-nuclear campaigner Ivan Blokov.<BR/><BR/>The IAEA was not immediately available for comment.<BR/><BR/>The Greenpeace report further extrapolates that in total some 200,000 people in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus could have already died as a result of medical conditions -- such as cardiovascular diseases -- attributable to the disaster.<BR/><BR/>Follow <A HREF="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18469848.htm" REL="nofollow">this link</A> for the full story.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com