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Toxic spill in Ukraine raises alarms,
comparisons to Chernobyl

David Eerdmans

The nuclear power plant of Chernobyl (Ukraine) in 2006, 20 years after the Chernobyl disaster.

By Vladimir Matveyev

Published: 07/20/2007

Following a poisonous chemical spill in Western Ukraine, which quickly drew comparisons to the blast at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in 1986, members of the Jewish community were taking few chances.

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