The Chernobyl disaster occurred 36 years ago this week. At that point, some radiation did make its way through strong winds from Ukraine all the way to Washington — but not enough to cause harm.
Between battles fought at nuclear power plants, Russia’s possession of nuclear weapons, and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats, many fear that the war between Russia and Ukraine could turn nuclear.While Washington has felt slight upticks in radiation levels caused by world events, the good news is, those increases were minimal.
“For the average citizen in the state of Washington, the increase in the radiation exposure from that accident was equivalent or on the scale of what you would experience on a cross-country airline flight,” Priddy said. “After that event, we were able to detect low levels of increased radiation in this state as a result of the Fukushima event. It never got to the point where it posed any sort of public health risk,” Priddy said. “But we were able to detect it.”“There have been over 500 surface detonations since the weapons were invented,” Priddy said. “Some of them have been in the United States. And some of those were in the Western United States. Our lives continued without any impact at all.
The harm that stress causes to our immune systems, blood pressure, and other parts of our bodies outweighs the minor amounts of radiation we might receive from Ukraine, Priddy said.
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