Fukushima Worse than Chernobyl: “Effects of Radiation Have Become Much More Severe” — “Enormous Decline” in Animal Species
Dr. Tim Mousseau, USC biologist: “The
declines have been really dramatic… now we see this
really striking drop-off in numbers of birds as well as numbers of species of birds. So both the
biodiversity and the abundance are showing dramatic impacts in these areas with higher radiation levels, even as the levels are declining.”
University of South Carolina, Apr 15, 2015 (emphasis added):
Dwindling bird populations in Fukushima… as several recent papers from University of South Carolina biologist Tim Mousseau and colleagues show, the avian situation there is just getting worse… They recently published a paper in the Journal of Ornithology showing results from the first three years…
Many populations were found to have diminished in number as a result of the accident, with several species suffering dramatic declines… What might be
most disheartening to the researchers involved, and bird-lovers in general,
is how the situation is progressing in Fukushima. Despite the decline in background radiation in the area over these past four years,
the deleterious effects of the accident on birds
are actually increasing.
CBS News, Apr 16, 2015:
Near site of Fukushima disaster, birds still in peril… birds are
becoming a rarity around the damaged nuclear site… “There are dramatic reductions in the number of
Qbirds”… Mousseau told CBS News. “In terms of barn swallows in Fukushima, there had been
hundreds if not thousands in many of these towns where we were working.
Now we are seeing a few dozen of them left. It’s just an
enormous decline.”… Around Fukushima, Mousseau predicts the
worst may not be over… “So now we see this
really striking drop-off in numbers of birds as well as numbers of species of birds. So both the biodiversity and the abundance are
showing dramatic impacts in these areas with higher radiation levels, even as the levels are declining.” Mousseau said the reason comes down to the long-term impact of the radiation. “It takes multiple generations for the effects of mutations to be expressed…”
http://www.globalresearch.ca/fukush...re-enormous-decline-in-animal-species/5444263