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Radiation-contaminated areas in Europe
Field study in the environs of nuclear installations in Europe
Because of my publications — in which I suggested that
the nuclear fallout from Chernobyl, as well as from normally
functioning Swiss nuclear power plants, is responsible
for deformed insects — I
was strongly criticized by several Swiss scientists.
[ 1 ] I felt uncertain
about this aggressive and, at the same time, passive behavior
among my critics. Therefore, I decided
to continue with my studies in areas where nuclear facilities
with a well-known bad reputation are located: the nuclear-reprocessing
plants Sellafield BNFL in Cumbria, England (1989)
[ 1 ] and
COGEMA La Hague in Normandy, France (1999) [
2 ]. Swiss and
German nuclear |
Picture:
Soft Bug larva from Posonby, Sellafield,
UK
Both of the left wing tips are damaged.
Watercolor, Holmrook,
1998
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| Soft Bug larva Miridae from Posonby, near Sellafield, England |
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Radiation-contaminated areas in Europe |
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