#nuclear contamination

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Ghost town in Pripyat, Chernobyl ☢️

[rebeccathenaturalist]

Chernobyl's Mutant Wolves Have Evolved Anti-Cancer Abilities

The wolves have altered immune systems, similar to cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment.

Obviously it would have been better if the Chernobyl disaster had never happened. But to see how wolves and other wildlife have adapted to the nuclear contamination and ambient radiation there gives a glimmer of hope that, even if the worst were to happen worldwide, we might still see at least some of the life we know today continue onward. Here's hoping that scientists, both in Ukraine and otherwise, will continue to be able to safely study Chernobyl and its effects.

[canadianabroadvery]

Latinos still coping with the fallout of 1st nuclear explosion https://www.axios.com/trinity-test-first-atomic-bomb-latinos-new-mexico-f70e6f52-1ca4-4609-8aea-a4d54b897b87.html

"Forgot about us": Latinos are still coping with the fallout of the 1st nuclear explosion

The 1945 Trinity Test has caused health problems for generations of Hispanics and Mescalero Apache tribe members in New Mexico.

All this time the government of the USA done as little as possible for these marginalized citizens.

[toxicseminar]

“The land will always be contaminated [...] I think it is very important for people to understand that more nuclear waste is being generated all the time.”

-CWS

[toxicseminar]

“A major concern of managers of low-level waste burial sites is the translocation of radioactive contaminants by deep-rooted plants to the soil surface. This study investigates the uptake of strontium (90Sr), a biologically mobile element, by chamisa (Chrysothamnus nauseosus), a deep-rooted shrub plant, growing over a former liquid waste disposal site (Solid Waste Management Unit [SWMU] 10-003[c]) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico. [...] Although some soil surface migration of 90Sr from SWMU 10-003(c) has occurred, the level of 90Sr in sediments collected downstream of SWMU 10-003(c) at the LANL boundary was still within regional upper limit background concentrations.”

-CWS

[japan-america-society-of-georgia]

Abe orders 2 Fukushima reactors scrapped; pledges safe Olympics

[japan-america-society-of-georgia]

Abe pledges greater government role at Fukushima

Abe pledges greater government role at Fukushima

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised to the world his government will play a greater role in stopping leaks of highly radioactive water at Fukushima.

Wrapping up a tour of Africa and the Middle East, Abe…

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