Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries

True Stories - After The Apocalypse (2011x44)

Air date: Jul 19, 2011

The story of the people of Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, where nuclear weapons tests during the Soviet era are thought to have caused genetic defects in a new generation. Local medical records now indicate one in 20 of the area's children is born with genetic defects, and the programme highlights the work of a maternity doctor piloting a genetic passport scheme aiming to reduce the chances of women with damaged genes getting pregnant