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FEARS OF RADIOACTIVE SMOKE FROM RUSSIAN WILDFIRES
The fires that have been destroying vast swaths of Russian forest in recent weeks have raised concerns that they may also be releasing radioactivity that had been stored in the vegetation since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986. We talk to Dr Gordon Edwards, the president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility.
The fires that have been destroying vast swaths of Russian forest in recent weeks have raised concerns that they may also be releasing radioactivity that had been stored in the vegetation since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986. We talk to Dr Gordon Edwards, the president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility.
Websites:
- www.ccnr.org
- www.fact-index.com/l/li/list_of_nuclear_accidents.html
( Photo: Unnamed American tourists brave the thick blanket of smog covering Moscow as they visit the Red Square, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010, with St. Basil's cathedral in the background. A suffocating smog from wildfires hung over the Russian capital, raising the concentration of dangerous pollutants to an unprecedented new high as exasperated residents donned masks and dozens of flights were delayed or diverted at the city's airports. AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin )
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