Kaleiii-do-scope!

March 25, 2011 5:41 PM

Chernokids: with English subtitles, by Chernokids.fr; SLVimeo, 6.57
posted by bwg (6 comments total)

Too soon.
posted by clarknova at 5:53 PM on March 25, 2011

a very powerful little piece. chernobyl occurred in 1986. how is that too soon?
posted by kitchenrat at 6:33 PM on March 25, 2011

It is too soon. The Terrible Lizard King did NOT have cankles.

The video was incredibly well done, though. I want to play whatever video game these guys would make the art for.
posted by cmoj at 6:35 PM on March 25, 2011 [1 favorite]

sorry, i assumed you were lucid.
posted by kitchenrat at 6:43 PM on March 25, 2011

Two more radiostrontium half lives. Then it'll be long enough.
posted by clarknova at 12:27 AM on March 26, 2011

“[T]here is no evidence or any likelihood of observing decreased fertility among males or females in the general population as a direct result of radiation exposure. These doses are also unlikely to have any major effect on the number of stillbirths, adverse pregnancy outcomes or delivery complications or the overall health of children.”

— The Chernobyl Forum (2005) Chernobyl’s Legacy: Health, Environmental and Socio-economic Impacts

The Chernobyl Forum is a UN "supergroup" composed of representatives from the IAEA, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, the World Health Organization, the World Bank and the governments of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.
posted by alby at 6:24 AM on March 26, 2011 [1 favorite]