Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment is a translation of a 2007 Russian publication by , Vassily B. Nesterenko, and Alexey V. Nesterenko, edited by Janette D. Sherman-Nevinger, and originally published by the New York Academy of Sciences in 2009 in their "Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences" series. The book presents an analysis of scientific literature and concludes that medical records between 1986, the year of the Chernobyl disaster, and 2004 reflect 985,000 premature deaths as a result of the radioactivity released. The
Chernobyl disaster the accident has meant that many cases that would previously have gone unnoticed (especially of cancer) are now being registered. The World Health Organization states, "children conceived before or after their father's exposure showed no statistically significant differences in mutation frequencies". This statistically insignificant increase was also seen by independent researchers analyzing the children of the Chernobyl liquidators. On farms in Narodychi Raion of Ukraine it is claimed that in the first four years of the disaster nearly 350 animals were born with gross deformities such as missing or extra limbs, missing eyes, heads or ribs, or deformed skulls; in