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PART 5_2 Chemical contaminants and ecotoxicology

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ECOSYSTEMS: Terrestrial<br />

• Contamination of soils by radioactive<br />

materials is largely due to nuclear<br />

weapon testing (Australian <strong>and</strong><br />

Nevada deserts)<br />

• Accident has also contributed to that<br />

e.g. Chernobyl fallout outside the<br />

former Soviet Union.<br />

• When soils are contaminated<br />

organisms living in soils are affected

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