Showing posts with label Chernobyl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chernobyl. Show all posts

27 November 2007

Chernobyl is not over yet

This is the message I am trying to bring to people around since I've started my research of this topic. The explosion of Chernobyl Atomic Power Plant in 1986 changed lifes of millions... Many people died, even more are ill and nobody knows what can happen later.

At the same time the organisation which could bring this issue to the public and not really doing it... The background of this story of Conflicts of Interest(see full article):
"In 1959, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and World Health Organization(WHO) entered into an working agreement which is out-of-date and conflicts with the research of the WHO to determine the effects of ionizing radiation exposure on human health. We are concerned that the language of this agreement (WHA 12.40 approved by the 12th World Health Assembly on 28 May 1959) mingles promotion of nuclear technology, including nuclear power, with the WHO’s mandate to undertake international health research work on people exposed to ionizing radiation-a product of this same nuclear technology."
There are already many films about the consequences of Chernobyl, for example, here there 18 fims in French, check especially those which are marked as "A voir absolument". I've just watched "Le soleil et la mort: Tchernobyl, et après..." or "Sun and Death: Chernobyl and After". The film was made last year by a French director. Also, I would recomment to watch films by Wladimir Tcherkoff (for example, check this 2 min summary in French). One more very imortant fiml is Chernobyl Heart, which I think I have mentioned in my previous posts (you can watch it on YouTube in 4 parts). And also check out the book by a photographer Pierpaolo Mittica "Chernobyl - hidden legacy" (you can try to find it cheaper here).
Thanks for reading this and spreading the word!

04 November 2007

Chernobyl heart

If you don't know what happened and what are the consequences of Chernobyl watch this 40 min film. I could not do it without tears, it is really sad story, but one should watch it in oder to be aware what the earth faces nowadays. It's not just radioactivity, it's also human lifes, lifes of children... The official website of the film is here: www.chernobylheart.com.

31 October 2007

Chernobyl and kind people

During last few days I was working on the presentation of the charity project, I was reading a lot, thinking of the whole issue... It makes me really realise how difficult the situation is, how many people suffer and how lucky are those who are healthy or got curied.

I think I will post several videos here, to show the examples of brilliant projects and to say THANK YOU to all those kind people. You are doing great, you are doing right, thank you!

Here is the video with interviews of American families which hosted Belarusian children.