Chernobyl 40 years on, and countering ash dieback disease
5/1/202628 min
Forty years on from the Chernobyl disaster, we discuss radioactive fallout and our relationship with nuclear risk. In sport, researchers suggest repeated head impacts may disrupt the blood-brain barrier, potentially increasing dementia risk in retired athletes. And a new approach offers hope for speeding up recovery from ash dieback in affected woodlands... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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I'm Chris Smith. Coming up, 40 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, we discuss the radioactive and other fallout. Also, signs that a leaky blood-brain barrier