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Found this article from the Boston Globe on a subject that might of guys with Ukrainean kids.

Ukrainian children born with genetic mutations or harmed by
                       radioactive food form a new generation of Chernobyl victims who could pass
                 the accident's tragic legacy on to the next, specialists warned yesterday.

                 On the eve of Chernobyl's
                 16th anniversary,
                 specialists who have
                 worked in the region since
                 a reactor exploded and
                 spewed clouds of
                 radioactivity over much of
                 Europe said the fight
                 against radiation-related
                 illness was far from won.

                 ''Today, 16 years after the
                 accident, there remain
                 some huge problems in
                 several regions ...
                 especially in terms of
                 children's health and in
                 terms of food,'' Olga Bobylova, deputy secretary of Ukraine's health service, told a
                 news conference.

                 ''[In areas surrounding Chernobyl] meat and milk in the private sector have high
                 levels of radioactivity. ... There are also problems with the mushrooms and berries in
                 the forests. ... Such food can have a profound effect on health.''

                 Thousands of impoverished Ukrainians live in areas affected by radioactive
                 contamination from the plant, which exploded on April 26, 1986 in the world's worst
                 civil nuclear disaster.

                 To boost their meager daily meals they gather berries and mushrooms from fields and
                 forests still contaminated by radioactive debris. Many are unaware or reluctant to
                 think that the food remains a health risk so long after the accident.

                 ''The state tries to give children good, clean food, but it cannot because of a lack of
                 funds,'' Bobylova said.

                 ''We need this in the future.''

                 The specialists urged Ukraine and the rest of the world not to allow Chernobyl to
                 become a forgotten crisis - a term used first by the United Nations which hinted that
                 funds could run out as interest in the disaster waned.

                 Evgeniya Stepanova, a specialist in radiation-linked illnesses, said children were
                 becoming sufferers years after the explosion, which killed few people at the time.

                 The true casualty toll in the years since is a matter of intense controversy. Chernobyl
                 has been blamed for thousands of deaths in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia and for a
                 huge increase in thyroid cancer.

                 ''[Research] has shown genetic mutations in sufferers of Chernobyl, both adults and
                 children. ... Those children and adults are more likely to get cancer and pass on
                 mutations to their children.''

                 Radiation is known to cause genetic mutation, and the rate of certain cancers goes up
                 in areas exposed to nuclear fallout, scientists say.

                 Stepanova said it was time to turn the world's attention to those who had no choice
                 but to suffer the consequences and those who could unwittingly become the next
                 victims of Chernobyl.

                 ''We have not paid enough attention to those people who are suffering,'' she said,
                 almost shouting.

                 ''Among all the problems caused by Chernobyl, the genetic [mutation] problem should
                 come first. ... It is a huge problem.''

                 This story ran on page A21 of the Boston Globe on 4/26/2002.
                 © Copyright 2002 Globe Newspaper Company.

... in response to Ukrainian Children, posted by wsbill on Apr 30, 2002

enlarged thyroid... He was a sweet little boy.  But, that is will your insurance cover cost
to correct this illiness?

This young lady sent me some pictures of her holding these HUGE mushrooms and no doubt
when I went last June to visit her we went to the dacha to pick all sorts of berries in Kiev.

Lord knows what kind of mystery meat that was we ate.  But it went down the hatch.