Abandoned farms near a small town only a few kilometres away from the heavily contaminated closed zone (Zone-1) around Chernobyl. Residents have been advised to leave the area but most cannot afford to move. Because the ground is too contaminated to grow food, those who stay get US$0.25 cents per month to buy clean food.
01 June 2005
Narodichi Ukraine

Abandoned farms near a small town only a few kilometres away from the heavily contaminated closed zone (Zone-1) around Chernobyl. Residents have been advised to leave the area but most cannot afford to move. Because the ground is too contaminated to grow food, those who stay get US$0.25 cents per month to buy clean food.

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