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Impact to Environment

(Plant and Animal)

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-Environmental damage waswidespread immediatelyfollowing the accident,stretching from fauna and

vegetation to rivers and lakesand all the way down tothe groundwater

- !he e"tent of the damage ledscientists and government

o#cials to the conclusion thatthe $herno%yl e"clusion &onehad %een su%'ected to enoughradioactive fallout to severelyalter the ecological %alance ofthe region for decades

- !his initial assessment couldnot %e farther from the truth aswildlife a%ounds in even themost aected areas of$herno%yl no more than *years after the disaster

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-!he second ma'or plumeof radiation released %ythe $herno%yl nuclear

accident was carrieddirectly over which isnow called the +edorest

-+adioactive particles

settled on trees, killingappro"imately **hectares of pine forest

- !he +ed orest is nowone of the mostcontaminated terrestrialha%itats on earth

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-Animals living in contaminatedareas in and around $herno%ylhave suered from a variety ofside eects caused %y radiationsuch as dipygus

-."idative stress and low levelsof antio"idants have had severeconse/uences on thedevelopment of the nervoussystem, including reduced %rain

si&e

-It has %een found that %irdsliving in areas with high levels ofradiation have statisticallysigni0cantly smaller %rains,which has shown to %e a de0citto via%ility in the wild

-1irds with these a%normalitieshave a reduced via%ility in thewild and a decrease in 0tness

 An exhibit ofa piglet with dipygus