Fires around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant and elsewhere pushed pollution levels in Ukraine's capital Kiev to the worst in the world on ...
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the New Safe Confinement structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine July 5, 2019. Picture taken July 5, 2019.
"Smog has been formed in Kiev and Kiev region. It does not carry a chemical or radiological threat, the radiation background is within normal limits," it said in a statement. "This smoke can cause headaches, coughs, difficulty breathing, eye irritation, inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose and larynx, as well as a number of diseases and allergies," the ministry added.Police said a huge fire was started by arsonists in the forests around Chernobyl earlier this month. It wasForest fires were also registered in the neighbouring Zhytomyr region, destroying some houses and causing a car accident that killed several people.
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