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May 23, 1986

PRELIMINARY REPORT ON RADIATION LEVELS IN LITHUANIA FOLLOWING THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT

This document was made possible with support from the Leon Levy Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY)

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    Report from the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences on radiation levels detected in May 1986 following the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Both atmospheric tests and tests of food products like milk and honey showed elevated levels of radiation and radioactive isotopes which were “dangerous to the health of the population.”
    "Preliminary Report on Radiation Levels in Lithuania Following the Chernobyl Accident," May 23, 1986, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, Lithuanian Archive of Public Organizations (Lietuvos Visuomenes Organizaciju Archyvas, LVOA). Obtained by Laimonas Gryva and translated for NPIHP by Gary Goldberg https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/115342

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Report from the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences on radiation levels detected in May 1986 following the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Both atmospheric tests and tests of food products like milk and honey showed elevated levels of radiation and radioactive isotopes which were “dangerous to the health of the population.”

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  • Lithuanian Archive of Public Organizations (Lietuvos Visuomenes Organizaciju Archyvas, LVOA). Obtained by Laimonas Gryva and translated for NPIHP by Gary Goldberg

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  • Leon Levy Foundation
  • Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY)