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'Severe abnormalities' found in Fukushima butterflies [View all]
Source: BBC
13 August 2012 Last updated at 15:17 GMT
'Severe abnormalities' found in Fukushima butterflies
By Nick Crumpton
BBC News
Exposure to radioactive material released into the environment has caused mutations in butterflies found in Japan, a study suggests.
Scientists found an increase in leg, antennae and wing shape mutations among butterflies collected following the 2011 Fukushima accident.
The link between the mutations and the radioactive material was shown by laboratory experiments, they report.
The work has been published in the journal Scientific Reports.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19245818
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