Jennifer Horgan: Humans’ ‘out of sight, out of mind’ attitude to disaster the real threat

Ignoring threats and staying put is not an option for us. We must help one another to see these threats more clearly

‘Starvation is what scares me, not radiation.’ Hanna Zavorotyna who featured in The Babushkas of Chernobyl. Picture: Rena Effendi

Something went terribly wrong with the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on this day thirty-eight years ago. Nearly 8.4 million people have been exposed to radiation since.

Today, April 26, is International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day.