by Mindy Belz
Cover Story | Dr. Sergei Chumihovskii reads his statistics right off the corner
of his desk. They spill from a handwritten ledger in a well-thumbed
folder, kept in his own precise lettering. Kossiakov, Anatoly, he
reads. Born February 1987 in Mogilev District, a contaminated area.
Died June 1994 after two relapses in his fight with leukemia. (A
twin brother died of leukemia at age 2.) Chernenkov, Peter. Born
May 1988. Died 1995 from hepatitis, contracted from a blood
transfusion following bone marrow
