This is the problem at the heart of the Western epistemological frame of thought - it is criminally short-sighted, barely extending beyond a five or at bast, ten year window, beyond that all the actors wash their hands of the responsibility for the catastrophes that are more than a vague possibility.
If one reads 'No Immediate Dnager' bar Dr Roasalie Bertell, she shows how levels of radiation have increased and along with that, can be tracked rising levels of cancers like leukaemia, especially in children.