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Chernobyl's Human Cost as the 25th Anniversary of the Disaster draws close.

Marina along with her 14 year old pregnant sister and 6 other siblings live in a small homeNorth West of Minsk,Belarus.Her family are some of the thousands of families evacuated from the exclusion zone almost 25 years ago. Chernobyl's human costs are widespread affecting about seven million people.A generation later children are being born with birth defects ,heart problems and thyroid cancer.The crippled economy of Belarus has led to poverty, social problems and domestic abuse.

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Chernoby's Human Cost
Marina along with her 14 year old pregnant sister and 6 other siblings live in a small homeNorth West of Minsk,Belarus.Her family are some of the thousands of families evacuated from the exclusion zone almost 25 years ago. Chernobyl's human costs are widespread affecting about seven million people.A generation later children are being born with birth defects ,heart problems and thyroid cancer.The crippled economy of Belarus has led to poverty, social problems and domestic abuse.