Posted on 08/14/2012 4:44:41 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Fukushima 'caused mutant butterflies' in Japan
Genetic mutations have been found in three generations of butterflies from near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, scientists said on Tuesday, raising fears radiation could affect other species.
10:11AM BST 14 Aug 2012
Around 12 per cent of pale grass blue butterflies that were exposed to nuclear fallout as larvae immediately after the tsunami-sparked disaster had abnormalities, including smaller wings and damaged eyes, researchers said.
The insects were mated in a laboratory well outside the fallout zone and 18 per cent of their offspring displayed similar problems, said Joji Otaki, associate professor at Ryukyu University in Okinawa, southwestern Japan.
That figure rose to 34 per cent in the third generation of butterflies, he said, even though one parent from each coupling was from an unaffected population.
The researchers also collected another 240 butterflies in Fukushima in September last year, six months after the disaster. Abnormalities were recorded in 52 per cent, which was "a dominantly high ratio", Otaki told AFP.
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ROFL that funny
Where is Godzilla in this story I wouldn’t be suprise if Godzilla show up
95% of silkworms grown on soil of Katsushika (Tokyo) died and the rest grew enormous
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Guess who show on this thread ping 7 LOL!
OH MAN that funny what triple threat death match in Japan right now what King Kong and Jet Jaguar also going show up later LOL!
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