The Chernobyl accident, even after 25 years, returns to talk about himself. The fauna in the area where there was the terrible nuclear explosion is still suffering and struggling to resume life. These are the raw search results Efficiency of bio-indicators for low-level radiation under Field Conditions for four years conducted by Timothy Mousseau of the University of South Carolina and Anders Møller of the University of Paris-South, France and published in Ecological Indicators .
The two scientists have cataloged and studied the animals in the area by measuring the radioactivity of wildlife. Scientists explain:
The truth is that the harmful effects of radioactive contamination are so great as to be overwhelming. The effects are particularly evident in birds. The birds have the best “quantitative measure” of this impact and a census of animal species in the area, made more than three years has produced substantial evidence showing that the radioactivity has a “significant impact” on biodiversity loss .
Mousseau denies, therefore, the propaganda of Ukrainian scientists, who want the area is becoming a haven for wildlife, flora you because of the lack of human presence. Accused the documentary Chernobyl Natural History, which shows a flourishing revival of life in the area affected by radiation. But Mousseau says:
These statements are “merely anecdotal”. This is the first document that provides rigorous and quantitative data that the life of mammals of the closed area is significantly influenced by the presence of radioactive contamination. In any case, I think it’s a bad idea to call this area “a haven for wildlife, but if it were used as a” natural laboratory “in which it was possible to study the long-term consequences of this type of accident. If the company always wants to learn more about long-term consequences of large environmental disasters – and Chernobyl is just one of many – it is important that all of us (researchers) take our responsibilities seriously.
