A tale of two forests: addressing postnuclear radiation at Chernobyl and Fukushima
Title: A tale of two forests: addressing postnuclear radiation at Chernobyl and Fukushima
Author: Winifred A. Bird and Jane Braxton Little
Reference: Environ Health Perspect. 2013 March; 121(3): a78–a85.
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.121-a78
Keywords: forest, Fukushima, Chernobyl
Abstract: To report this story, Jane Braxton Little traveled to Chernobyl, and Winifred A. Bird made numerous trips to the Fukushima area. For Little, whose Harvard MA is in Japanese cultural history, it was the Fukushima accident that sparked her interest in how radiation affects ecosystems and led to her first visit to Ukraine. Bird has been living in Japan and writing about natural resource issues since 2005; in July 2011 she reported for EHP on chemical contamination following the Tohoku tsunami and earthquake. Seeing the effects of the accidents firsthand and interviewing residents and cleanup workers on the ground deepened the partners’ understanding of the management issues and the underlying science.
URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3621180?pdf=render
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