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[quote=Anonymous]We lived in Minsk when this happened. At first, no one told us what was going on, then finally, after maybe 5 days, we got the announcement. Then rumors started circulating, that maybe all the children would be evacuated. My mom was so terrified, that she took an emergency vacation and we went to the Black Sea for a month. When we got back, there were more rumors, about what foods were contaminated, whether it was still a good idea to pick mushrooms, whether our butter was coming from Pripyat, etc. A distant relative of mine volunteered to work for a couple weeks near the reactor, and he died a few months after coming back. They gave the widow a pension, in recompense. We left the country three years later, it was the biggest impetus for my parents to immigrate, not only because of potential danger, but because there was no reliable information. Like rumors that contaminated food was being relabeled with fake point-of-origin info so that people would keep buying it. [/quote]

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