•🌷George Harrison at an anti-nuclear rally held in Trafalgar Square on June 19, 1986🌷• Thirty-two years ago, OTD; April 26, 1986, ‘The Chernobyl Incident’ - the most catastrophic nuclear disaster to date - devastated the world. The Chernobyl disaster occurred in Pripyat, Ukraine, a town that now lies within a 2,600km² exclusion zone permanently poisoned by radiation and rendered uninhabitable for the next 20,000 years. In the five years following the incident, contamination and nuclear fallout caused by the disaster resulted in cases of cancer among children in Ukraine increasing by more than 90 percent. The disaster has had far-reaching consequences including genetic damage to people born after the disaster, while Greenpeace estimates that the Chernobyl mortality toll will eventually rise to 90,000 deaths due to radiation-related causes. The mutation and destruction the Chernobyl disaster has inflicted on the environment, as well as continually emerging catastrophic consequences people continue to face are proof that nuclear power cannot be considered a source of clean and reliable power, and focus needs to be shifted to the development of renewable, environmentally-friendly sources of energy for the health of people and our planet. 🌞🌊🌬🌿🌼 “Nuclear power that costs you more Than anything you’ve known before The half-wit’s answer to a need For cancer, death, destruction and greed… We’ve got to save the world Someone else may want to use it It’s time you know How close we’ve come We’re gonna lose it We gotta save, we gotta save We gotta save the world.” -George Harrison; Save the World 🌍🌸💐🌻💞
