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BRANCH 12 SPONSORS LECTURES ON CHORNOBYL Dr. David Marples and the members of Branch 12 in Parma, Ohio. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the most tragic event in the modern history of Ukraine, the Chor nobyl disaster. To commemorate this terrible occurrence and to focus public attention on the problems created by the accident, Branch 12 of UNWLA in Parma, Ohio sponsored two lectures by Dr. David Marples on the legacy of Chornobyl and its global effects. Dr. Marples, an associate professor of history at the University of Alberta, is a renowned sovietologist, author of numerous publications on recent developments in Ukraine and an authority on Chornobyl. At the initiative of Branch 12, Dr. Marples was a fea tured speaker at the Cleveland City Club forum on May 3rd at noon. Later, that same evening he gave a lecture at the Ukrainian Cathedral of St. Josephat in Parma, where he was warmly welcomed by Branch 12 president Dora Storozynsky. In his lecture Dr. Marples painted a bleak picture of the existing conditions in the region of Chornobyl. The food supply, water and soil are contaminated by radia tion. The people are suffering from break downs of their immune system, from various other diseases and genetic mutations. For this tragedy many blame the Soviet polit ical system itself. Moscow, which controlled all nuclear power plants on the territory of the Ukrainian Republic showed criminal insensitivity to the problems of the local population. The people in the afflicted areas were never properly advised on the negative effects of radia tion. All health information and the results of investiga tion of the accident were classified. As a reaction to this policy a number of independ ent inquiries were conducted, films depicting the terri ble prevailing conditions were made public and mass demonstrations in Kiev were held, where people de manded the release of all pertinent information. All this pressure from the local population resulted in declassi fication of health information and presently Ukraine can seek international help for its many medical problems. Dr. Marples believes that even though problems of grave dimensions such as water and soil contamination will be with us for a very long time, some measures can be taken to reduce the negative impact on the popula tion’s health. The limits of zones of alienation should go far beyond the original 18 km. Some areas must be unconditionally evacuated and voluntary evacuation guaranteed for other regions with high levels of radia tion. Dr. Marples also believes that Ukrainian political leadership should incorporate laws to control health problems and maintain public order. The control should be exclusively in local charge. This, he maintains, can only be accomplished if Ukraine is no longer a part of the Soviet Union. Furthermore, all coordinated assis tance from the free world to the afflicted areas should go directly to the capital of Ukraine. Nadia Deychakiwsky, chair of the Chornobyl com mittee thanked Dr. Marples for his excellent presentation. Editha Morozynsky Press Chair, Branch 12, UNWLA Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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