After Chernobyl, they refused to leave

By artappraiser on Fri, 11/08/2013 - 8:28pm |

By Holly Morris, Special to CNN, Nov. 7, 2013

Editor's note: Holly Morris is co-producer/director of the forthcoming documentary "The Babushkas of Chernobyl" Follow her on Twitter @Holly Morris. She spoke at TEDGlobal 2013 in June [....]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Holly Morris: 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident world'' worst. Area still highly contaminated
She says thousands relocated rural Chernobyl to city, but 1,200 defiantly came back to live
Most are babushka's, unwilling to be displaced from even an irradiated homeland
Morris: They tend to outlive those who left. Why? Personal agency? The tonic of home?
[....] When I asked Hanna about radiation, she replied: "Radiation doesn't scare me. Starvation does."

It's all about context. [....]

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