nationalpost: Radiation from Japan nuclear disaster results in mutant butterfliesRadiation that leaked from the Fukushima nuclear plant following last year’s tsunami caused mutations in some butterflies – including dented eyes and stunted wings – though humans seem relatively unaffected, researchers say.The mutations are the first evidence that the radiation has caused genetic changes in living organisms. They are likely to add to concerns about potential health risks among humans though there is no evidence of it yet. Scientists say more study is needed to link human health with the Fukushima disaster.(Photo: AP Photo/Chiyo Nohara of University of the Ryukyus) ____________________ Isn’t this how Mothra was conceived? nationalpost: Radiation from Japan nuclear disaster results in mutant butterfliesRadiation that leaked from the Fukushima nuclear plant following last year’s tsunami caused mutations in some butterflies – including dented eyes and stunted wings – though humans seem relatively unaffected, researchers say.The mutations are the first evidence that the radiation has caused genetic changes in living organisms. They are likely to add to concerns about potential health risks among humans though there is no evidence of it yet. Scientists say more study is needed to link human health with the Fukushima disaster.(Photo: AP Photo/Chiyo Nohara of University of the Ryukyus) ____________________ Isn’t this how Mothra was conceived?

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Radiation from Japan nuclear disaster results in mutant butterflies
Radiation that leaked from the Fukushima nuclear plant following last year’s tsunami caused mutations in some butterflies – including dented eyes and stunted wings – though humans seem relatively unaffected, researchers say.

The mutations are the first evidence that the radiation has caused genetic changes in living organisms. They are likely to add to concerns about potential health risks among humans though there is no evidence of it yet. Scientists say more study is needed to link human health with the Fukushima disaster.
(Photo: AP Photo/Chiyo Nohara of University of the Ryukyus)

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Isn’t this how Mothra was conceived?

Aug. 16 2012
Via nationalpost
#science #tech #nature #nuclear energy #Fukushima
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    Wow.
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    50 more years and we get Poke’mon.
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    Oh god. It looks like all the bugs outside my window gangbanged a butterfly.
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