• Question: The Chernobyl radiation powerplant disaster in Ukraine in 1986, What part of the body was most at risk to the radioactive iodine emiiting out of the reactor.

    Asked by Alexander Morganov to Matt on 17 Nov 2014.
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      Matt Bilton answered on 17 Nov 2014:


      There were lots of cases of thyroid cancer following the Chernobyl disaster – the thyroid concentrates iodine, so it is at a particularly high risk!

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