HIS 100 Module Three Activity Revising Questions Template (1)
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HIS 100 Module Three Activity Template: Revising Questions Replace the bracketed text below with your responses.
Identify the topic you chose to explore:
Climate Change and Environmental Issues
Chernobyl disaster
Identify a historical perspective that could be applied to your historical event.
During the 36 hours following the incident there was a lack of information. According to Encyclopedia Britannica (n.d.) the abnormal levels detected by Sweden’s radioactivity monitoring system prompted the Soviet Union to provide an explanation. 30,000 individuals in the surrounding area were evacuated as a result of mounting pressure for a response. The core area was protected by a metal structure known as a "sarcophagus," which was later found to be structurally inadequate by Encyclopedia Britannica (n.d.). Initially reports indicated that two individuals had lost their lives. Subsequent accounts suggested that the actual number was closer to 100.
Revise your research question based on evidence from your primary and secondary sources.
Why has the wildlife in and around Chernobyl shown a profound increase in growth and repopulation even after the deadly nuclear disaster?
What are the long-term impacts on people’s health following the Chernobyl disaster?
Explain how historical perspective and evidence from sources influenced your finalized research question.
After reading the information from my primary source, I'm left with more questions than answers regarding the wildlife's increased growth after the Chernobyl disaster. What caught my attention was the effects of radiation on people, crops, and animals. 270 people had been hospitalized in Ukraine displaying possible symptoms of radiation poisoning, while a further 144 had been flown to Moscow, suffering from radiation sickness (Higginbotham, n.d.). This seems to be of utmost importance since cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Research shows that the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has been a causative factor in thyroid cancer. During the last decades, thyroid malignancies gained more attention than before as one of the most commonly rising types of cancers worldwide, and radioactivity especially the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has been blamed (Szanto Z, 2010). 1
Szanto Z, Kun ZI, Jung I. Incidental and non-incidental papillary thyroid microcarcinomas. Case series from the Endocrinology Clinic and Institute of Pathology Targu Mures. Acta Endo (Buc) 2010;6(4):465–
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