Mutant Butterflies Found After Fukushima Nuclear Disaster In Japan

huffingtonpost.com - August 16, 2012

Researchers in Japan say they have found evidence that radiation from the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident has caused the mutation of dozens of butterflies.

Though this news is perhaps disturbing enough, what researchers say is even more alarming is that these mutations are spreading rapidly through subsequent generations.

Moreover, six months after the first collection, researchers found that butterflies from the Fukushima area showed a mutation rate "more than double" that of those found two months after the accident.

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http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/120809/srep00570/full/srep00570.html