A change in your voice or a lump in your throat could be a sign of a thyroid disorder. One way to check is to take a good look at your neck to see if you can detect any signs of thyroid swelling. You can do a physical check of your own thyroid at home with these directions from The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists: Using a hand mirror, watch your throat as you swallow a drink of water.
The Exclusion Zone covers an area of approximately 2,600 km2 (1,000 sq mi) in Ukraine immediately surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant where radioactive contamination from fallout is highest and public access and inhabitation are restricted.
In 1986 the region became world-famous through the Chernobyl disaster, however, the Pripyat Marshes should not be confused with the ghost city of Pripyat. That ill-fated community within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is located 356 km (221 mi) east-southeast of the geographic center of the Pinsk Marshes area.his left a wide gap open, and the 3rd Army Corps of the Imperial Russian Army poured in before the Austro-Hungarian second army 's transfer from Serbia was complete. The Russians soon captured the valuable railhead at Lemberg, in the far east of then Austria-Hungary (now part of the western Ukraine), as a result.