@Herald,
You ask a question and are given examples of specifically relevant evidence. If you do not wish to accept such evidence, (and continue to merely miscast mine and others statements to comport with your worldview) just start with that as a given.
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I was not asking about whether a deserted (abandoned by people) region could be inhabited by wildlife. I was aksing do you have any evidences about improved resistance to rediation as a result of inhabiting a region with increased radiation background (unfortunately it is not only Chernobil and Fukushima - there a are lot of other places where radio active waste is deposited on ad hoc basis).
I gave you examples of Bikini atoll, Emiwitok, and several of the old Manhattan sites where radioecological studies have been going on for more than 40 years. In that time species adaptation due to radioresistance has been discussed widely in the literature. If you expect that Science Fiction"monsters" will automatically result from long term exposure, I will refer you to a science fiction thread.
Any of the sites where some mutations have been measured have been few and where adaptation occurs there usually was, at first, a severe "crash" of the populations and then a reemergence of an adapted species. or example , the story of bivalves at Bikini Island Atoll shows that certain species, after first declining, began to show a gradual increase in populations and the genetic studies showed very minor changes or absence of changes in genomes as these species adapted without any major mutations.
I had been part of several USA studies at places where the Manhattan disposal or transfer sites existed , and in the" Formerly Utilized Sites and the Uranium Mill Tailings"(FUSRAP and UMTRAP) where biologists, under contract to the DOE had been monitoring health and response data since the middle 1970's. I don't recall any species "mutational" data but I do recall lots of anecdotal reports of species adaptations without major genetic mutation.
Since most of these sites exist in the desert parts of the US wildlife reports are mostly trap, tag and release . You can go online and seek answers to any of this by just looking up the UMTRA and FUSRAP program information (most all of which is now public record).
Im certain youll just dismiss this and will only misquote me so I m wondering what the purpose of your communication is. I really don't believe that you've got any commitment to finding out the truth or to see any evidence that counters your worldview, but Ill keep trying. am sure others will also.
I see its more important to communicate to the kids who may frequent some of these threads with "OPEN" minds and no commitment to any credos or worldview. All I can do is try to be truthful about what I know and what I don't.
