It occurred in
Chernobyl in Ukraine in 1986.
It was the worst
nuclear catastrophe the world had ever suffered, but the only ones to learn of
the tragedy from the first moment were the birds that fled and the worms that
dug themselves into the ground.
The Soviet
government ordered silence.
Radioactive rain
fell over much of Europe and the government continued denying or refusing to
speak.
A quarter of a
century later, in Fukushima, several nuclear reactors exploded and the Japanese
government also remained silent or denied “alarmist versions.”
The veteran British
journalist Claud Cockburn was right when he suggested, “Never believe anything
until it has been officially denied.”
~Eduardo
Galeano, Children of the Days
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| Chernobyl legacy Photo by Paul Fusco |
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