I FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW

According to the World Nuclear Association, Chernobyl wasn't that bad. Whew!

However... "The United Nations estimates that 15,000 to 30,000 of the 6 million people living in the contaminated zones have since died due to radiation exposure. But survivors' groups claim the studies have been sketchy, and do not include the 1 million liquidators from all over the USSR. "Of the 600,000 Russian liquidators at Chernobyl, about 100,000 have died and another 200,000 are seriously ill," says Gen. Vadim Korostylev, who took part in the cleanup of Chernobyl and now heads Chernobyl Shield, a group representing Russian victims. "The situation for survivors is dire."