The International Project on the Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident (IPEHCA) was created and received US $ 20 million, mainly from Japan, in hopes of discovering the main cause of health problems due to 131 I radiation.our hundred times more radioactive material was released from Chernobyl than by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The disaster released 1/100 to 1/1000 of the total amount of radioactivity released by nuclear weapons testing during the 1950s and 1960s.
St. Mary of the Angels is one of the three Polish Cathedrals located in Bucktown. Bucktown is a neighborhood located in the east of the Logan Square community area in Chicago, directly north of Wicker Park, and northwest of the Loop.
Thorntown is a town in Sugar Creek Township, Boone County, Indiana. The community name was derived from the English translation of the Miami Indian village name, Kawiakiungi (place of thorns), once located here. A post office was estalished at Thorntown in 1830 and Thorntown was platted the following year in 1831. Thorntown is known for its fall festival Festival of the Turning Leaves, small town atmosphere, great school system, beautifully expanded library, new art center, fine dining, and its rich Indian history.