Question
Chernobyl disaster.
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Answer
- On 26th April 1986, the graphite reactor in the Chernobyl atomic power plant exploded, and suddenly the radioactive isotopes and radiation came out.
- Due to this episode, radioactive isotopes entered the human body through water and land and caused genetic disorders.
- These got carried further into the next generation.
- Thyroid disorders increased in children as well as adults.
- As a result, the incidence of throat diseases is greater there than in other places.
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