The New Scientist magazine of December 2, 1995, reported that one of Europe’s leading thyroid experts believes that “as many as 40 per cent of the children exposed to the highest levels of fallout from Chernobyl when they were under a year old could go on to develop thyroid cancer as adults. ”
और जर्मनी के भागों में, संदूषण के डर से सब्ज़ियों को खेतों में सड़ने के लिए छोड़ दिया गया ।