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WITNESS - Growing up in Chernobyl's fallout zone

By Nastassia Astrasheuskaya

MOSCOW (Reuters) - I wasn't even born when Chernobyl blew up, but its deadly legacy haunted my childhood.

One girl at my school had six fingers on one hand. My thyroid gland is permanently enlarged and the fear of cancer will never leave me or my family.

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