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Tag: radioactivity

Chernobyl Still Taking Its Toll

July 26, 2025 Antarctica Journal

A quarter-century has passed since the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant unleashed a radioactive cloud across the northern hemisphere.  A new study estimates that 27,000 people have died worldwide as a result of the worst nuclear accident in history, in large part from cancers stemming from the release.

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The average age of a U.S. mother at first birth has risen consistently, and in 2012 reached 25.8 years old, up from 25.6 years in 2011 and about 21 in 1970. At the same time, about 12.5 percent of women ages 25 to 44 have sought medical help to become pregnant.

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