Scare story: Chernobyl was the worst health catastrophe of all time! Reality: More people have died from smoking in the last year in the affected regions than from Chernobyl in the last 30
Well, the official figure for Chernobyl deaths as of 2016 is about 300, including from thyroid cancer and leukemia. If we instead take a much higher estimate the figure could be as high as 15,000, although that's very disputable
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Lol yeh it's very rough. Definitely can't say it's true, just very likely
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The affected areas cover much of Ukraine, Belarus, and parts of Russia, with a population somewhere in the region of 60 million people. Death rate per 100,000 from smoking varies, but is around 50-100 per year. 50x600=30,000, so very roughly double the high estimate for Chernobyl
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