Guys – we have done it all before and yo just don’t want to believe.
This is a very tightly drawn report that ignores many many deaths because of its tight remit – note the people that are signatories to it 11000 deaths. certainly an underestimate because it has such a tight remit.
The Chernobyl Forum report and criticisms
In September 2005, a comprehensive report was published by the Chernobyl Forum, comprising a number of agencies including the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations bodies and the Governments of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. This report titled: “Chernobyl’s legacy: Health, Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts”, authored by about 100 recognized experts from many countries, put the total predicted number of deaths due to the disaster around 4,000 (of which 2,200 deaths are expected to be in the ranks of 200,000 liquidators). This predicted death toll includes the 47 workers who died of acute radiation syndrome as a direct result of radiation from the disaster, nine children who died from thyroid cancer and an estimated 4000 people who could die from cancer as a result of exposure to radiation. This number was subsequently updated to 9000 excess cancer deaths.[31]
Other reputable reports give much higher figures as they do not have such a tightly drawn remit