The result a meltdown and the reactor exploded. Several thousand tons of Radioactive Material were released into the atmosphere, contaminating 150,000 square kilometers of land around chernobyl. Over the following days, a radioactive cloud spread over almost all of europe. Its not clear how many people suffered illness or died as a result of the catastrophe. The World Health Organization has predicted that 4,000 people will die of radiation exposure and cancer due to the accident. Other predictions are far higher, ranging between 60,000 and 1. 4 million deaths. The exclusion area around the power station is also known as the dead zone. But today, there are people who actually want to live there. Reporter it looks like a dilapidated soviet museum with an amusement park. The dormitory town of pripyat was where most chernobyl employees lived. More than 3000 people lived right next to the power plant when disaster struck in 1986 and the Nuclear Reactor exploded. Its been described as the W
Reactor exploded. Several thousand tons of Radioactive Material were released into the atmosphere, contaminating 150,000 square kilometers of land around chernobyl. Over the following days, a radioactive cloud spread over almost all of europe. Its not clear how many people suffered illness or died as a result of the catastrophe. The World Health Organization has predicted that 4,000 people will die of radiation exposure and cancer due to the accident. Other predictions are far higher, ranging between 60,000 and 1. 4 million deaths. The exclusion area around the power station is also known as the dead zone. But today, there are people who actually want to live there. Reporter it looks like a dilapidated soviet museum with an amusement park. The dormitory town of pripyat was where most chernobyl employees lived. More than 3000 people lived right next to the power plant when disaster struck in 1986 and the Nuclear Reactor exploded. Its been described as the Worst Nuclear Accident the worl
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You and hello to all of our viewers welcome todays edition of eco africa my name is cheryl my new form Nairobi Kenya and thats right today we will be talking about how used materials can be used to manufacture new products you will be amazed this is what is coming up on the show today we visit a community in western uganda thats introduced a new environmentally Friendly Product to the local market led from elephant dung within head to spain where a local startup is turning into a brand new product and it will whisk you off to. The land of lemmas where are you efforts underway to protect the fascinating creatures from extinction. The women we are profiling in al fost segment arent afraid of elephants about show up in there yes to the contrary the latest in a Small Community in western uganda are using elephant dung to on their living they are making paper out of it it sounds almost too good to be true and the extra income that the women i mean is going a long way it helps them to send t
Elephants are being kept in line by bees. But first to a story that concerns many of us. Today more than half of the worlds population live in cities. In twenty eighteen tokyo was the worlds most populous city followed by delhi and shanghai. These urban centers are referred to as megacities meaning they have a population of over ten million. For years the nigerian city of lagos has been the worlds Fastest Growing conurbation satellite images show how lagos has been wounded in recent years. The city state of singapore is used to a high population density here high rise buildings make maximum use of the land could singapore be a role model for the future. How can densely populated urban centers solve the living space problem in singapore a swiss team is developing Solutions Together with local universities and a project called the future cities lab. One of the first things you notice here is how heavily built up singapore is but that its also astonishingly green. That verdant sea is larg