Articles by Tim Newcomb
We found 1 results.
Mutant Butterflies Found Near Fukushima
Tim Newcomb – Time,
20 Aug 2012
According to a study published by Scientific Reports, researchers started looking at butterflies near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant two months after the March 2011 tsunami damaged the reactors, causing a potential radiation leak. Of the initial 100 butterflies studied, 12% had mutations. But as the butterflies mated, the rate of mutation in successive generations increased to 34%, showing that the mutating genes were easily passed along to offspring.
→ read full article