Uphawu olumkisa ngemitha ekufuphi naseChernobyl.Ifoto nguSean Gallup / Getty Izithombe Ngo-Novemba u-2006, u-Alexander Litvinenko, owayesebenza ngaphambili we-KGB, wayehleli phantsi e-Pine Bar e-Millennium Hotel eLondon. Wagula ngoko nangoko. Kwiintsuku ezingama-22 ezizayo umzimba wakhe waqhekeka phambi kwabahlobo bakhe kunye nosapho. Ifoto ekhutshwe eluntwini kungekudala ngaphambi kokuba asweleke yabonisa u-44-weminyaka ekwimeko ecekeceke. Wayekhulile ebomini iiveki ezimbini.
Iti kaLitvinenko yafakwa ityhefu ngePolonium 210 kwaye wabulawa sisifo esirhabaxa semitha — ngokukodwa isantya esikhawulezayo seminyaka yeDNA- kunye nengqokelela yeziphumo zempilo ezibangelwe kukuvezwa yimitha yeionizing. Ibali likaLitvinenko liye laba lelinye lawona matyala aziwa kakhulu okubulala kusetyenziswa into enemitha yeathom, kodwa iintlola zamanye amazwe ayizizo zodwa ezisengozini yezifo ezinxulumene nemitha.
Nokuba ivela eNyakatho Korea, izityalo zamandla okanye lilanga nje, wonke umntu ngoku ujongene nesoyikiso sokuguga okukhawulezileyo kunye nomhlaza wedlala lengqula ngokudibana nemitha. Ngethamsanqa, kukho amanyathelo othintelo sonke esinokuwathatha kwaye ekufuneka siwathathe.
Kule minyaka ingamashumi amane idlulileyo, ndifundile iziphumo zemitha kwimpilo yabantu kunye nokulungela okungxamisekileyo. Umsebenzi wam ungqinelwa ziirhuluneli zaseNew York uGeorge Pataki noDavid Paterson, kunye neenjengele zomkhosi zase-US kunye no-Irwin Redlener, umlawuli weZiko leLizwe lokuLungiselela iNtlekele kwiYunivesithi yaseColumbia i-The Earth Institute.
Uphando lwethu luyangqina ukuba iimpembelelo zemitha yempilo akufuneki zibangele intlekele.
NjengoMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi kunye neKhomishini yoLawulo lweNyukliya yase-U.S. baxele , ekuphela kwempembelelo ebonakalayo kuluntu ngokubanzi ukusuka kwingozi yenyukliya yaseChernobyl yayingumngcipheko wesifo somonakalo, kubandakanya ngaphezulu kwama-6000 amatyala omhlaza wedlala lengqula. Eminye imihlaza, ebandakanya i-leukemia kunye nokungaqhelekanga kokuzalwa, ayibonwanga.
Into emnandi kukuba kukho iindlela ezikhuselekileyo, ezifanelekileyo nezingabizi mali ininzi zokukhusela idlala lengqula kwimitha ebangelwa yimitha yenyukliya okanye izixhobo zenyukliya.
Oku kubandakanya amayeza amancinci ezongezelelo ezintathu ezahlukeneyo, i-potassium iodide (KI), i-cesium kunye ne-strontium ezivavanyiweyo kwaye zaqinisekiswa ukomeleza umzimba womntu ngokuchasene nemitha. Basebenza ngokuthintela idlala lengqula ekufunxeni i-radioactive fallout eyonzakalisayo. Siyazi ukuba bayasebenza-abo bafumana i-KI emva kwentlekele yaseChernobyl bakhuselwa.
Kutshanje ndiye ndadibana nomfundi ophumeleleyo wase West Point, u-Major General Bernard Loeffke kunye ne-endocrinologist uJames Hurley, uNjingalwazi u-Emeritus ka-Weill Cornell, ukucebisa kwi-Ofisi ye-Science neTekhnoloji yaseburhulumenteni yase-U.S.
Njengesizwe sidinga iphulo lokwazisa uluntu malunga nemingcipheko yezempilo yenyukliya, ukwazisa uluntu ngokusebenza kunye nokusasazwa kwezi zinto zibalulekileyo ezinokusindisa ubomi. Abanakusindisa umzimba kuphela kwiziphumo eziyingozi zemitha, kodwa bomeleza umzimba nengqondo yakho.
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