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The 15 most toxic places to live

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Chernobyl, Ukraine
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Posted By THE SirLOL/ WhiteChief - Sat, Jan 23 2010 at 11:05 AM EST

Wormwood...

Your right...the hatie earth quake, was a sign, the next big one WILL hit the us. If anyone studies the plates, you will see the plate that hasnt had a big one, is the US, all the plates are pushing/pulling at this direction now. and I think I know where, and I have told people that the VERY old trees that are still standing, prove it. Via the water marks high up in the trees...west coast...told people, people dont want to look at the evedence, even after researchers confirmed what I said.More

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Posted By Charon - Thu, Jan 14 2010 at 11:08 AM EST

i've been there

I've been there. At the time nobody lives in Chernobyl all the time. People work 2 weeks and then go home for 2 next weeks. There's town Prypiat near Chernobyl - it's far more dangerous. Nobody lives there at all, just guard changes every day..

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Posted By Karen M. - Sun, Nov 08 2009 at 10:53 PM EST

Wormwood Woes

And it isn't over yet. The buried red forest of Chernobyl is still emitting high levels of radiation and now needs to be reckoned with. US legislators have now turned once again to nuclear power as an energy source for our ever increasing needs. This is such a shame. We obviously didn't learn much from Chernobyl. There is a nuclear power plant on the WA/OR border that sits atop a major fault line and the head of engineering for that project had no experience in fault-line construction. Hope the.... More

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Posted By Barnee Leffler - Tue, Nov 03 2009 at 8:07 PM EST

Wormwood

Chernobyl means "wormwood" in Ukranian, it's predicted in the book of Revelation in the New Testament - if this interpretation is correct, then we've not heard the last of Chernobyl yet...

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Posted By pete - Wed, Oct 21 2009 at 4:08 AM EST

coal

If they would have had a coal power plant they could still be living there. this is what you are going to get if you shut down the coal industry. you people need to think about what you are doing.

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Chernobyl, Ukraine

Chernobyl is the town in northern Ukraine home to the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. Once home to more than 14,000 residents, the town remains mostly uninhabited and unsafe today due to extensive radioactive contamination.
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