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Monday, March 17th, 2014

Chernobyl and Fukushima Studies Show That Radiation Reduces Animal and Plant Numbers, Lifespan, Fertility, Brain Size

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Source:     WashingtonBlog
Publication Date:     March 12, 2014
 Link: Chernobyl and Fukushima Studies Show That Radiation Reduces Animal and Plant Numbers, Lifespan, Fertility, Brain Size
Stephan:   We are beginning to see actual data on the effects of radiation arising from the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents. People who claim there have been no long-term effects and that this has not proven to be a catastrophe simply don't know what they are talking about. Click through to see the many charts that make this very clear.

Radiation Facts and Myths

Many have claimed that wildlife is thriving in the highly-radioactive Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

Some claim that a little radiation is harmless … or even good for you.

One of the main advisors to the Japanese government on Fukushima announced:

If you smile, the radiation will not affect you. If you do not smile, the radiation will affect you.

This theory has been proven by experiments on animals.

Are these claims true? We Ask an Expert

To find out, Washington’s Blog spoke with one of the world’s leading experts on the effects of radiation on living organisms: Dr. Timothy Mousseau.

Dr. Mousseau is former Program Director at the National Science Foundation (in Population Biology), Panelist for the National Academy of Sciences’ panels on Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities and GAO Panel on Health and Environmental Effects from Tritium Leaks at Nuclear Power Plants, and a biology professor – and former Dean of the Graduate School, and Chair of the Graduate Program in Ecology – at the University of South Carolina.

For the past 15 years, Mousseau and another leading biologist – Anders Pape Møller – have studied the effects of radiation […]

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