Were there positive mutations from Chernobyl?

Question

There's a lot of messed up stuff from the accident in Chernobyl, like if a mother got the radiation poisoning, her baby would very likley be born with some mutation.....

I asked my teacher about this and she didn't know, but she thinks it would make sense it plants/crops growing in the area would get a lot bigger. Like if a watermelon was growing and the radiation got to it while it was growing, would it grow rapidly?

Lol idk.

Is there anywhere I can research positive mutations? Already tried simple search on google...

Thankssss!!! :)

Answer 1

Q: "... if a mother got the radiation poisoning, her baby would very likley be born with some mutation..."

A: no.

Some people (living too close to Ivankov district, Kiev region, where Chernobyl and Pripyat are located) are still experiencing thyroid problems: mostly these are hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism, depending on one's type of hormonal/constitution status, which in turn depends on one's personal heredity/genetic inheritance. If his/her parents/grandparents suffered from thyroid problems, then most likely that he/she will be more vulnerable to this kind of issues.

Females are especially vulnerable to it due to their emotional sensitivity (Globus Pharyngeus/Hystericus is emotionally and psychologically driven, but the symptoms are physical => "a lump in a throat").

The thyroid is the most important (after pituitary gland) endocrine gland in a human body. These two glands control the rest of glands in the body, including reproductive glands. Of course, if a woman eats healthily, doesn't smoke, doesn't drink alcohol, is emotionally stable, has a stress-less job etc, she will have healthy babies (my aunt, who spent 2 weeks in Chernobyl right after the catastrophe and got hyperthyroidism, but her son is tall and huge as a buff, healthy as a horse; btw she looks ~20 years younger than her actual age - it's a family thing, but radiation didn't affect it, at least in a bad way).



It might sound like a shocking thing but some girls here in Ukraine and Belarus' do think that hyperthyroidism caused by radiation is a good thing - you get a super high metabolism, which means that the body is burning calories at a greater rate than average, and you may eat whatever you want. IMO it's better than anorexia. It's controllable.

Answer 2

Chernobyl Mutations In Humans

Answer 3

When you talk about complicated organisms like developed animals or even humans, the probability of a "positive" mutation is extremely low: a random change in a highly complicated body mechanism almost always brings negative consequences. One tiny mutation might happen to be positive (or, more probably, neutral), but massive mutations caused by decent radiation doze would be always disastrous.



Simpler beings are easier to mutate, so the probability of "positive" mutations on them is higher. A flu virus mutates every year with ease as its structure is relatively simple. The most widespread humans mutation is known as the Down syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome - that's not very positive, right?

Answer 4

There were NO positive mutations from Chernobyl, or any other radiation leak ever.



I understand what you are asking, but it unfortunately does not happen like that - except possibly in fantasy stories and movies.

Answer 5

I think there were some mushrooms or something that can live there, and some animals, they have developed a high immunity to the radiation to be able to withstand it well enough to live there, other than that no, nothing supernatural would come of the mutations,

Answer 6

according to this link (n Russian but you can google translate), yes

Scientists claim, 25 years after the catastrophe, genetic mutations are doubled in people and animals who live near area affected by radiation.

http://chernobylsecret.my1.ru/index/mutanty_chernobylja_foto/0-20

Answer 7

Some thyroid disorders can be cured, but many require lifetime treatment. Learn here https://tr.im/RIr7O

For example, sometimes early stage thyroid cancer can be cured by surgery to remove the thyroid gland, but you will need to take thyroid hormone medication afterwards for the rest of your life. Goiters can also be surgically removed and do not always recur after surgery. In most cases, thyroid disorders need treatment over a lifetime. However, with treatment most people with thyroid disorders can live normal, healthy lives.

Answer 8

Prolonged radiation exposure means slow painful death, cancer, malformed babies and so on. The only positive thing about this is that less irradiated areas closed for settlement and visit became sort of natural parks booming with wild life. For us that means that even if humans kill each other with nuclear weapons, life will go on.

Answer 9

The only positive things about it are:



1- The animal / nature life as you can see in this documentary http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4E917EA540FB9540



2- A nice place stuck in the soviet time that I'd like to visit