Health and Environmental Studies

Human and Animal Health

Radiation and Heart Disease

Changes in the Cardio-Vascular System of Children Residing in the Area Polluted by Radioactive Cesium. Yu. I. Bandazhevskii, et. al. This unpublished study finds a connection between the amount of radioactive cesium in children and indicators of heart trouble. Radioactive cesium-137 was one of the pollutants released by the Chernobyl nuclear power reactor explosion in Ukraine in 1986.

For more studies showing that radiation damages the heart, see here.

For more on Dr. Yuri Bandashevsky and his research on the health effects of Chernobyl, see here.

Environmental Studies

Contamination

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