Althea J.’s Reviews > Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster > Status Update
Althea J.
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"In my opinion--we're the raw materials for a scientific experiment, for an international laboratory. There are 10 million Belarussians, and 2 million of us live on poisoned land. It's a huge devil's laboratory... People come to us from everywhere, they write dissertations, from Moscow & Petersburg, from Japan & Germany & Austria. They're preparing for the future."
— Nov 22, 2015 02:40PM
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Althea J.
is on page 65 of 236
When I see someone identified as a "re-settler" it boggles my mind that someone would choose to relocate their family to the potentially poisoned land surrounding Chernobyl, even years after the accident and evacuation. But then I read their story and am reminded that there are worse things than radiation poisoning. Living in Chernobyl is paradise compared to the war and persecution these people are fleeing from.
— Nov 22, 2015 12:47PM
