Children of Chernobyl

Children of Chernobyl

★ 6.5IMDb Score
Released:1991-01-01
Duration:50 min
Director:Clive Gordon
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Overview:

Mothers and doctors speak out about the grim reality of life in the five years following the Chernobyl disaster. In children, doctors witnessed a massive increase of recurrent infections, baldness, as well as leukaemia and other cancers.

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