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Chernobyl Accident Health Effects - WHO Facts & Figures

November 1995
The World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a summary of the main findings of the November 1995 international conference in Geneva on the health consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, and called for more research in the future.

Speaking after the conference ended, Dr Wilfried Kreisel, the WHO's Executive Director in charge of Health and Environment, said: "The legacy will stay with us for a long time in the shape of radiation-induced diseases and psycho-somatic disorders. We shall be doing a disservice if we fail to extract benefits for mankind out of this monumental human tragedy. If history is not to repeat itself, we should learn very well the lessons of Chernobyl."

Dr Kreisel said one of the conference's main achievements had been to establish scientific consensus on the known health consequences of the accident. He dismissed as "fiction" claims by Ukrainian officials earlier in 1995 that more than 100,000 people had died as a result of the accident, saying the proven death toll so far was about 40. He said 30 of those deaths were from direct exposure at the time, and there had been some 10 fatal cases to date of radiation-induced thyroid cancer.

As regards the conference's main findings, the WHO statement reads:
"Scientists attending the conference have identified three main areas of concern: the large increase in psychological disorders, especially among accident recovery workers and people living in the highly contaminated areas; the health impact of the thyroid cancer incidence among children; and future cancers which could occur in people, particularly leukaemia, breast cancer, bladder cancer and kidney diseases.

"There is a definite increase in thyroid cancer, mostly in children but also in adolescents, following the Chernobyl accident, with nearly 400 cases in Belarus, 220 cases in the Ukraine and 62 cases in the Russian Federation. These cancers are extremely aggressive and locally invasive. There is strong circumstantial evidence that an increase in thyroid cancers in these three countries is due to radioactive fall-out which followed the Chernobyl accident. This is demonstrated by:

The geographical distribution of cases, which overlaps with that of the radioactive plume
The time trends: rates of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents were low and stable until around 1990, but have increased sharply since. The increase is apparent in the populations of children born before the accident. Among those conceived later, the rates are similar to those observed before the accident
The results of a case control study carried out in Belarus."
"Although, so far, there has been no statistically measurable increase in leukaemia and other similar blood disorders, scientists are warning that the peak may occur within the next few years, accompanied by greater incidence in breast cancer, cancer of the bladder and kidney diseases. Preliminary reports on the health status of accident recovery workers indicate that the increase is beginning to show.

"The participants at the conference concluded that psycho-social effects is a priority area, which should be addressed in a much more serious way both by the three affected states and by the international community. Similarities in behaviour patterns on the part of the victims and unaffected populations were observed among the Japanese bomb survivors and those affected by the Chernobyl fallout. In Japan, bomb survivors were discriminated against by prospective employers because they might contract cancer at a later time. Similarly, people evacuated from contaminated areas to clear areas after the Chernobyl accident were shunned by local residents because the evacuees were provided with new houses and pensions.

"Evacuation and relocation of large groups of people after the Chernobyl accident, as well as constant concern and fear of radiation exposure have resulted in a rising number of health disorders being reported to local outpatient clinics. Studies show that headaches, chest pains, intestinal disorders, sleep disturbance, loss of concentration and alcohol abuse are common. This is clearly a priority area not only for the governments and public health services of the three affected states, but for the international community as a whole. Similar psycho-social impact can be observed in the wake of earthquakes, fires, floods and other natural and man-made disasters."

See also WHO booklet Health Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident: Summary Report, issued to coincide with the conference. (order from WHO)

Source: NucNet Background #18/95.

http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/chernobyl/inf07app.htm#who