https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/23389/wildlife-at-chernobyl Recent research has shown an increase in the numbers of many species of wildlife in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. One would expect the teratogenic, and carcinogenic effects of radiation to result in a decrease. Obviously humans have a worse effecten-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/144579?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:33:33 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:dc43b9dc-0fb2-4e61-826b-c64da85530b3Hannah Wynne Richards<p>&nbsp;Yes, there&#39;s now fish in rivers which were black from washery waste when I was a child</p> <p>Wynne<img src="/emoticons/v2/Thumbs_up.png" alt="Thumbs up" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/144574?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 07 Oct 2015 10:38:35 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:9da743cb-de13-46a8-8737-631f238ef39eMartin Atkinson<p>The &nbsp;earth must have suffered many radiation episodes in the past from solar rays that dwarf Chernobyl and life has thrived, What makes me laugh is that most people don&#39;t want nuclear energy plants nearby because of a few high profile nuclear accidents in which no more than a handful of people have ever died as a direct result of radiation yet seem oblivious to the cataclysmic problems that will occur from climate change due to continued reliance on fossil fuels. NIMBY&#39;s.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>