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Butterflies feeding on leaves with Fukushima radiation dying earlier: Study [1]

Leaves collected one year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster from surrounding regions had sufficient radioactive toxins on them to cause butterflies to die earlier and have deformed offspring.

Publication Date: 
24/09/2014
Subodh Varma [2]
Times Of India (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Japan [4], Radiation [5], Butterflies [6], Radioactive Waste [7], Nuclear Accidents [8], Health Effects [9], Hazardous Waste [10]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/subodh-varma
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/japan
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/radiation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/butterflies
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/radioactive-waste
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nuclear-accidents
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hazardous-waste