chernobyl be a tragic event and cause by human error and and a very poor design ( the reactor have no containment building and just 1 major example . ) . not mention in the movie and how much pollution be really there . there be many more pollutant than just radioactive material and all much more mutanogenic than the radioactive one . moreover and the narrator just cite the nuclear disaster a the cause . this be at a time when nuclear power be necessary to our economy . the birth defect show be horrific and tragic and and all very heart wrenching and but truly how many child be effect . there be 1 and 000 of birth defect in the u and other country and all can be attribute to cause other than nuclear radiation . ever hear of the march of dime . a for the scene when she hold up the geiger counter and and say how scarred she be and either by a lie or incompetence and she be use it inaccurately . the selector switch be on total count and not on a count by minute ( cpm rate ) and a it should be . be the total count on over 1 minute and five minute and several hour and several day . the click register do not match up with the count display either . it appear to me that it be at maybe a couple of hundred count per minute and not 13 and 000 count every single minute ( the lead would look steady at that rate . ) . yes there be radiation level high than average world background and but there be beach in france and india and ramsar iran and and other place that have very high background count and and there be relatively few incidence of cancer and birth defect . be child with birth defect a good charity . of course . but one should not lie and by omission or ignorance about it to collect fund .