Re: [OPE] Chernobyl

GERALD LEVY wrote:
> > Remember also that Chernoble was not an ecological disaster but an
> > economic disaster, and a serious industrial accident.
> > Natural life is getting on just fine with humans removed from the area,
> > and the city is now used as a case study of how quickly nature can
> > retake land once used by humans.
>
>
> Hi Paul C:
>
> Chernobyl most certainly *was* an ecological disaster, not just in the
> Ukraine and Belarus but throughout Europe. Scandinavia, including
> Finland,
> was especially hard hit by the radioactive fallout and its consequences.
> The projected increase in human deaths alone from cancer due to Chernobyl
> has been estimated to be between between 4,000 (World Health
> Organization),
> 30,000-60,000 (Torch) and 200,000 (Greenpeace). It also affected other
> species (e.g. reindeer in Finland) which, in turn, affected human
> cultural
> practices (prohibitions there - lifted now, I guess? - against eating
> reindeer
> due to nuclear contamination).
>
> In solidarity, Jerry

These relate to human health measures, what are the measures of
ecosystem damage?
The articles I have read in New Scientist indicate a thriving eco-system
in the region evacuated.
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