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Chernobyl Children's Lifeline
- CCLL - was established in 1992 in response to the terrible nuclear
accident at Chernobyl in the Ukraine, described by the United Nations
as 'the greatest environmental catastrophe in the history of humanity'.
As a result of strong winds blowing in the days immediately
after the accident, 70% of the fallout landed in Belarus and this
quickly became the most contaminated area.
Belarus will suffer the effects of radiation
fallout for hundreds of years. People who live here have no choice
but to work on contaminated land and grow and eat contaminated food. Experts
estimate that the problems are so severe that just a month away
from this environment will allow a child's immune system to recover
enough to give them, on average, an extra two years life expectancy.
CCLL believes that we should offer that opportunity to as many
children as possible, and works through a network of semi-independent
'links' throughout the UK doing just that.
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