There seems to be this public perception that wildlife around Chernobyl is just doing fine. Research indicates otherwise http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/249

There seems to be this public perception that wildlife around Chernobyl is just doing fine. Research indicates otherwise http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24963711 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24963711 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22514722 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22514722 The second article goes as far as to propose that [bird] populations are only maintained through immigration from nearby uncontaminated areas.