– At Chernobyl and Fukushima, radioactivity has seriously harmed wildlife
In order to assess the relative risks of different technologies it is necessary to accurately characterize the hazards. I would argue that the hazards related to nuclear energy (daily operations and accidents…
– At Chernobyl and Fukushima, radioactivity has seriously harmed wildlife
Cancer rate statistics are not simple to unwind. They are affected by many things including having a cancer registry in place, probability of diagnosis (e.g. screening affect), longevity of the population…
– At Chernobyl and Fukushima, radioactivity has seriously harmed wildlife
David, I accept that I am but one cog in a very large and complex machine. And I do not doubt that there are many larger issues than my own little sub-specialty that must be considered if we are to address…
– At Chernobyl and Fukushima, radioactivity has seriously harmed wildlife
I apologize if I appeared to be “disingenuous” with respect to comparisons between Chernobyl and other anthropogenic sources of radiation. That was not the intent. The point was simply to suggest that…
– At Chernobyl and Fukushima, radioactivity has seriously harmed wildlife
These are very good questions.Clearly, for animals that are hunted, the lack of human activities are likely to have a positive influence although this opens the door for overexploitation, overpopulation…
– At Chernobyl and Fukushima, radioactivity has seriously harmed wildlife
I will be working on an article for New Scientist in the coming months…Yes, the article you mention is mainly concerned with the species normally under pressure from hunting which of course have higher…
– At Chernobyl and Fukushima, radioactivity has seriously harmed wildlife
Dr. Baker and collaborators have recently documented increased mutation rates in natural populations of voles (a small rodent) in the more radioactive parts of the exclusion zone. They have presented these…
– At Chernobyl and Fukushima, radioactivity has seriously harmed wildlife
Since most of our questions are framed in terms of hypotheses rather than dose-response relationships, we often have a very high level of certainty with respect the question of interest. For example, we…
– At Chernobyl and Fukushima, radioactivity has seriously harmed wildlife
For the most part, our questions and hypotheses are rather simple: Are there consequences of contaminants stemming from Chernobyl or Fukushima on the biota? We are not toxicologists and so we are not there…
– At Chernobyl and Fukushima, radioactivity has seriously harmed wildlife
Luckily, I dont suffer from radiophobia - I have spent several years in Chernobyl and Fukushima (combined) over the past 17 years to gather the data mention in this essay. Radiophobia would have made…
