ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Question
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radiation caused cancer
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farm animals died
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Europe was polluted
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The USSR became Russia
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Detailed explanation-1: -To date, epidemiological studies reported increased long-term risks of leukemia, cardiovascular diseases, and cataracts among cleanup workers and of thyroid cancer and non-malignant diseases in those exposed as children and adolescents.
Detailed explanation-2: -Increased risk of thyroid cancer has been one of the most important adverse health effects observed after the accident. The energy from ionizing radiation breaks the chemical bonds in DNA, resulting in a number of different types of damage.
Detailed explanation-3: -“Estimates of the Cancer Burden in Europe from Radioactive Fallout from the Chernobyl Accident” by E. Cardis et al. in the International Journal of Cancer concludes that Chernobyl will have caused 16, 000 thyroid cancers and 25, 000 other cancers in Europe by 2065, and that 16, 000 of these cancers will be fatal.