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Re: Fukushima still leaking radiation

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Originally Posted by TF-Viewer View Post
Well, not really.
I didn't say they were all perfectly healthy. They are thriving compared to surrounding areas and compared to what that part of Ukraine was like before the accident. That area was a swamp and was cleared and drained for farmland in the early 20th century. That means wolf and beaver hunts on a massive Soviet-style scale and massive habitat destruction. Now there are wolf packs living and breeding within the Zone. European bison were re-introduced a few years ago.

It's pretty clear at this point that the immediate danger posed by the radiation is less than from the humans themselves.
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