EFFECTS OF THE CHERNOBYL MELTDOWN

THE INDIGENOUS SAMI PEOPLE OF FINLAND

HAVE EVEN BEEN AFFECTED AS A RESULT OF

CONTAMINATED DEER MEAT

AS TO THE EXCLUSION ZONE, IT IS STILL UNKNOWN WHETHER

THE CURRENTLY OBSERVED GENETIC ANOMALIES WILL HAVE

ANY LONG LASTING DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS

PARADOXICALLY, DUE TO THE FACT THAT HUMAN

ACTIVITY IN THE REGION DECREASED, ANIMAL AND

PLANT SPECIES ACTUALLY BEGAN TO THRIVE

ACCORDING TO RECENT FINDINGS THEY HAVE STILL NOT

RECOVERED, HOWEVER, AND RADIATION LEVELS OF ALMOST

ALL SPECIES WITHIN THE EXCLUSION ZONE ARE ELEVATED

CUT TREES SHOW A NOTICEABLY DARKER COLOUR IN

THEIR RINGS FOLLOWING THE 1986 DISASTER

SOME INSECTS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED TO EXHIBIT STRANGE

COLOUR PATTERNS THAT CORRELATE TO REGIONS

OF HIGHER RADIATION

SCIENTISTS HAVE ALSO NOTED THAT SPIDER WEBS MAY

CONTAIN SOME DEVIATION IN THEIR PATTERNS

RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES SINKING DEEPER INTO THE

SOIL HAD AN EFFECT ON AGRICULTURE