The nuclear sins of the Soviet Union live on in Kazakhstan

Yan, Wudan

doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01034-8

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“…This question will only become more important as first-generation victims from the Second World War and the subsequent era of nuclear testing age and pass away. There is growing concern that the harm caused by radiation exposure gets passed down to future generations, whether as a result of genetic transmission or psychological strain on families (Yan, 2019). Kazakhstan provides healthcare for children born in affected areas, but no other programs recognize and compensate for the harm caused directly on second-generation survivors.…”

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Policy Approaches Addressing the Ongoing Humanitarian and Environmental Consequences of Nuclear Weapons: A Commentary

Duzer¹,

Sanders-Zakre²

2021

Global Policy

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The 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) not only bans nuclear weapons, it obligates its states parties to engage in assisting victims and remediating contaminated environments (Articles 6 and 7). As states and civil society consider the best methods to implement these provisions, it is important to take stock and review existing policy approaches addressing the ongoing humanitarian and environmental consequences of nuclear weapons. This practitioner commentary, written by members of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which was awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for its advocacy for the TPNW, reviews existing programs of victim assistance and environmental remediation. It highlights key considerations for policy makers seeking to improve on the existing mechanisms.

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Policy Approaches Addressing the Ongoing Humanitarian and Environmental Consequences of Nuclear Weapons: A Commentary

Duzer¹,

Sanders-Zakre²

2021

Global Policy

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“…About 1.5 million inhabitants of more than 15 nationalities live here (Nazarbayev et al, 2016). Over the past 20 years, the mortality rate from neoplasms among the adult population in the East Kazakhstan Region has been 20-30% higher than the average national level (Yan, 2019). Radioactive pollution of the environment continues to be considered the cause for this high mortality, the sources of which are the Semipalatinsk Test Site and the enterprises of the nuclear-industrial complex.…”

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Cytogenetic Changes in Schoolchildren Residing in Ecologically Adverse Regions of Kazakhstan

Bakhtiyarova¹,

Zhaksymov²,

Kapysheva³

et al. 2020

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In Kazakhstan, due to the strengthening of the geopolitical role in the international arena and active industrial development, negative environmental impacts have intensified in recent years. Many regions are environmentally unfavorable and carry the risk of an increase in the incidence of living in these conditions of the population. Numerous deviations in the health of the community create the conditions for genetic polymorphism and the growth of certain groups of diseases characteristic of regions with environmental pollution. Long-term environmental pollution is the reason for the increase in the rate of the mutation process and the volume of the genetic load in the human population. The purpose of this study is to show the influence of dominant environmental factors in distant regions of Kazakhstan on cytogenetic disturbances in the body of the younger generation. Students from different schools aged 16 to 18 years living near the Semipalatinsk test site of the East Kazakhstan region and in the Aral region of the Kyzylorda region took part in the studies. The results of the study show that the oral epithelial cells in two-thirds of the examined adolescents living in environmentally unfavorable conditions either near the Semipalatinsk Test Site or in the Aral Sea region of Kazakhstan revealed a wide range of cytogenetic disorders. The most significant percentage of violations associated with the formation of micronuclei, protrusions, and apoptosis, was detected in urban students living 150 km from the Semipalatinsk Test Site. When comparing the data of urban and rural students, the predominant development of cytological disorders was revealed, such as nuclear destruction (karyorrhexis, karyolysis, and apoptosis) in rural adolescents, which indicates the ongoing negative impact of the closed Semipalatinsk Test Site and the salinization of the Aral Sea on the health of the younger generation of children.

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The Effect of Uranium’s Economic Integration on Foreign Policy: The Case of Kazakhstan

KARABULUT

Mikail

Çora

et al. 2023

Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

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The nuclear sins of the Soviet Union live on in Kazakhstan

Cited by 8 publications

References 3 publications

Policy Approaches Addressing the Ongoing Humanitarian and Environmental Consequences of Nuclear Weapons: A Commentary

Policy Approaches Addressing the Ongoing Humanitarian and Environmental Consequences of Nuclear Weapons: A Commentary

Cytogenetic Changes in Schoolchildren Residing in Ecologically Adverse Regions of Kazakhstan

The Effect of Uranium’s Economic Integration on Foreign Policy: The Case of Kazakhstan

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