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Iodine-131: The Invisible Wave That Gave Children Cancer
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After the explosion, a silent epidemic spread through children's thyroids — and iodine-131 was the weapon the Soviet cover-up handed it. This episode traces how delayed warnings and suppressed information turned a preventable health crisis into a generation-defining tragedy.
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
Before Chernobyl, thyroid cancer in children was considered genuinely rare. A condition most doctors might encounter a handful of times across an entire career, if at all.
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