The Children of Chernobyl

Dr. Geraldine Thomas, Director of the Chernobyl Tissue Bank and
leading global expert on the impacts of radiation, joins me to
discuss the phenomenon of “radiation vacations” for children
believed to have been affected by the Chernobyl accident. 
Chernobyl Children International (CCI) has organized close to 1
million such trips for children from Ukraine and Belarus with the
claim that these vacations extend these children's lives by on
average 2 years. It also supports a number of orphanages and
social services in Belarus. In Ireland CCI is one of the most
successful charities in the country's history having fundraised
over 100 million euros to date.
https://www.chernobyl-international.com/ Dr. Thomas gives an
overview of the science behind transgenerational effects of
radiation and assesses the scientific and medical reasoning
behind claims specific to Chernobyl. Dr. Thomas also explains the
very real impact of thyroid cancer upon a specific age group of
children exposed to high levels of Iodine 131 during a narrow
time interval after the accident and what their medical treatment
involves. It is estimated that 16,000 additional thyroid cancers
will occur within this age group with a mortality of 1%.
   We discuss the harm that radiophobia is capable of
causing, illustrated in part by a critique of the Academy Award
winning 2003 documentary, “Chernobyl Heart” which features Adi
Roche the founder of CCI. https://youtu.be/jFwGEsJg2MI