ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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People and animals did not get sick.
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Drinking water was unsafe for months.
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Forests got healthier than they had been.
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All the nuclear power plants in the wor
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Detailed explanation-1: -Aquatic bodies are still being contaminated by runoff of long lived caesium-137 and strontium-90 released from contaminated soils. At present, the water and fish of rivers, open lakes and reservoirs have low levels of caesium-137 and strontium-90.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Chernobyl disaster caused serious radiation sickness and contamination. Between 50 and 185 million curies of radionuclides escaped into the atmosphere. Millions of acres of forest and farmland were contaminated, livestock was born deformed, and humans suffered long-term negative health effects.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Substantial groundwater contamination is one of the gravest environmental impacts caused by the Chernobyl disaster.