http://www.radio4all.net/program/51138Podcast for Program: TO THE MEMORY OF CHERNOBYL, Part TWOTue, 19 Apr 2011 19:59:35 +0000240http://www.radio4all.net/program/51138Reading from and report on Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment. The extensive section on health effects in this book offers a whole new view of the consequences of radiation induced disease. Yes, there are cancers to specific organs, many thyroid cancers caused by Iodine 131 and 129 but there are also diseases that affect body systems such as the whole endocrine system, not just the thyroid, or the immune system, the respiratory and the reproductive systems. Also a brief explanation of "half life" "hot spots" and why background radiation is different from radiation from nuclear processes. Maria GilardinTue, 19 Apr 2011 19:59:35 +0000