• Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    … wasn’t there basically no additional cancer present in mammals over there?

    And even in humans - hasn’t only thyroid cancer spiked in the months after the accident?

    Oh, she claims these wolves are genetically different than others (or that all wolves are better at beating cancer?) … I don’t understand that claim. And if that’s true, then why not test DNA/immune system of humans living very near there (The Babushkas of Chernobyl?

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      9 months ago

      Kyle Hill has some pretty good videos on this topic: https://youtu.be/bmVGwOP_zi8?feature=shared

      My understanding is that while the fallout from Chernobyl wasn’t very dangerous, and didn’t lead to a noticeable increase in cancer rates, the area around the reactor is still very dangerous due to the debris from the reactor core that’s scattered around.