In 1957 there was a major nuclear accident in the nuclear facility of Mayak (Russia), accident which was kept secret for three decades. The victims were evacuated... to just 2 km away, they still suffer the consequences of the catastrophe: the baseline of health we take for granted being a mere dream for them. Being poor they can't emigrate without aid.
Al Jazeera has these days a report on this forgotten nuclear catastrophe, only third in severity after Fukushima and Chernobyl:
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