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Five Years After Fukushima, \u2018No End in Sight\u2019 to Ecological Fallout<\/a><\/h3>\n
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The environmental impacts of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster are already becoming apparent, according to\u00a0a new analysis<\/a>\u00a0from Greenpeace Japan, and for humans and other living things in the region, there is \u201cno end in sight\u201d to the ecological fallout.<\/em><\/p>\n

The report warns that these impacts\u2014which include mutations in trees, DNA-damaged worms, and radiation-contaminated mountain watersheds\u2014will last \u201cdecades to centuries.\u201d The conclusion is culled from a large body of independent scientific research on impacted areas in the Fukushima region, as well as investigations by Greenpeace radiation specialists over the past five years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government\u2019s massive decontamination program will have almost no impact on reducing the ecological threat from the enormous amount of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster,\u201d said Kendra Ulrich, senior nuclear campaigner at Greenpeace Japan. \u201cAlready, over 9 million cubic meters of nuclear waste are scattered over at least 113,000 locations across Fukushima prefecture.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0Radiation Reloaded: Ecological Impacts of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident 5 Years Later<\/em><\/a>, studies have shown:<\/p>\n