Plants Are Adapting
Scientists discovered an unusual finding after studying planted soybean and flax at Chernobyl: both were able to adapt to high levels of radiation similarly, but in different ways, implying that, unlike other living creatures, plants have the potential to naturally survive with high amounts of radiation.
How It Affects Humans
We’ve witnessed the effects of the Chernobyl tragedy on animals in the Exclusion Zone, but what about people? Here are some of the health effects of unsafe amounts of radiation on people who were forced to evacuate more than 30 years ago.