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The Chernobyl disaster began in the early morning hours of April 25, 1986 when a shift operating the nuclear reactor exploded showering radioactive debris from the power nuclear plant in the northern Ukraine over most of eastern Europe. This radioactivity was hun ....

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.... pneumonia. The people of the Ukraine have also seen a sharp increase in the number of cases of thyroid cancer. The number has grown from 5 cases a year to an outstanding 43 cases since the accident at Chernobyl. Many of the male workers at Chernobyl have been found to have sexual and reproductive disorders and the number of complicated pregnancies among women continues to grow. Not only did Chernobyl leave behind many illness, but also a huge financial burden on a country already diseased by poverty. This is cited as an accident but is really much more. The clean up to this disaster will take another estimated 30 years and many o ....