A girl

A girl with the primary features of disease (under her left eye), origin and nature of which doctors had not determined yet, has her supper in the boarding house "Bugskie Porogi" 15 kilometers far from village Chausovo-1, Pervomaiskyi region, on Wednesday, August 23, 2000. Children from villages Chausovo-1, Boleslavchik, Michurino and Pidgurie were evacuated in this boarding house after the blowout, according to the local dwellers, of pink-silver cloud, which during a day hung over the villages, and later descended on them. According to the local dwellers, on the same day birds left villages, and starting from June 4 first features of disease appeared on children. The disease is called by doctors - toxic dermatitis - sickness and skin irritation. Later hair began to come out. Condition for Monday , August 28, 2000 is as follows: 331 dweller of Pervomaiskyi region, including 175 children are already ill. The majority of victims connect their health condition with the burial place of tailings of the military missile unit, dislocated not far from the villages. Photo by Vitalyi Savitskyi/ UNIAN