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A kind of life goes on in the shadow of the Chernobyl reactor

A Kiev-based biology professor has said there is a `ticking genetic time bomb' in the area and warns against people going to live near the complex

DPA , KIEV

"My work with mice and pigs has shown that the changes are only visible after many generations," said Konovalov in Kiev. The repercussions for human beings in and around Chernobyl were therefore hard to assess, he said.

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