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Archive - The Effects of Radiation from Chernobyl. 1997-2000 

Paul Fusco 

In Chernobyl in 1986 a nuclear reactor exploded vomiting 160 tons of radioactive ash into the air that swept across the lands poisoning 25% of the population and 25% of the land and water of Belarus. Thirteen years after the explosive catastrophe the awful legacy can still be seen not only in the surviving immediate victims, but also in thousands more who were born with radiation caused deformities and diseases and forever more those who have dangerous buildup of radiation in their bodies from the food they eat and the water they drink everyday. It accumulates and festers and destroys lives in... 

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UKRAINE. Chernobyl. 1997. "The Sarcophagus" Nuclear Plant Station... 

Paul Fusco 1997

UKRAINE. Chernobyl. Workers at the nuclear energy station tend... 

Paul Fusco 2000

BELARUS. Maiskey Village. 2000. This potato field is near the... 

Paul Fusco 1999

BELARUS. Bartalomeevka. Evacuation zone. Grigory Sarikov has... 

Paul Fusco 1997

BELARUS. The Red Zone around Chernobyl, Southern Belarus. 1997.... 

Paul Fusco 1999

RUSSIA. Novozibkov. Evacuation zone. An old man tries to find... 

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BELARUS. Narovliya area. Heavy contamination, considered dangerous,... 

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RUSSIA. Zamishevo village. The mother holds a government document... 

Paul Fusco 1999

BELARUS. Bartalomeevka. Evacuation zone: only five people live... 

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BELARUS. Gden. 1997. In the "Hot Zone," an impoverished mother... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Children's ORphanage #3, Minsk. An attendant walks... 

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BELARUS. Minsk. Children's Cancer Hospital. Maria, 9 years old,... 

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RUSSIA. CHERNOBYL/BELARUS. 2000. Nurse, Alla Kamarova, at the... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Novinki Asylum, Minsk. The boys on the floor.... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Chidlren's Home #1, Minsk. After feeding, an attendent... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Children's Cancer Hospital, Minsk. A mother comforts... 

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BELARUS. Minsk. Children's Cancer Hospital. Mother talking with... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Novinki Asylum, Minsk. A hydrosyhalic child surrounded... 

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"BELARUS. 1997. Children's Home #1, Minsk. An attendent bathes... 

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BELARUS. Minsk. Children's Home #1. A nurse holds a 2 1/2 yr.... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Children's Home #1, Minsk. A boy with non-working... 

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BELARUS. Gomel. Orphanage for Abandoned Children. 4 1/2 yr.... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Novinki Asylum, Minsk. This boy seems to live... 

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BELARUS. Minsk. Novinki Asylum. A special ward for boys who cannot... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Novinki Asylum, Minsk. After breakfast these boys... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Novinki Asylum, Minsk. The boys on the floor.... 

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BELARUS. Minsk. Novinki Asylum. Two boys all but disappear in... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Novinki Asylum, Minsk. Three boys in a hallway.... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Novinki Asylum, Minsk. These boys spend each day... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Novinki Asylum, Minsk. Friends gather on a mat.... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Novinki Asylum, Minsk. Two boys who are not able... 

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BELARUS. Zhuravitchy Orphanage and Asylum. Children playing during... 

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BELARUS. 1997. Novinki Asylum, Minsk. A young boy always crouches... 
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