Ten years after the explosion, a CNN team visited Chernobyl to ascertain the long-term effects of radiation exposure for those living near Chernobyl during the accident, for cleanup workers or "liquidators, " or for those who continued to live in areas that were classified as polluted.

CNN: 26 years on: helping Chernobyl's children

The Standard Mortality Ratio for cancer in children dying before age ten rose in the period 6-10 years after the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl accidents in populations most exposed to fallout.

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