Study: Japan nuclear disaster caused mutated butterflies (Photo: Joji Otaki / EPA) Researchers in Japan have found signs of mutation in butterflies, signaling one of the first indications of change to the local ecosystem as a result of last year’s nuclear accident in Fukushima, according to one of the first studies on the genetic effects of the incident. Read the complete story.
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Study: Japan nuclear disaster caused mutated butterflies

(Photo: Joji Otaki / EPA)

Researchers in Japan have found signs of mutation in butterflies, signaling one of the first indications of change to the local ecosystem as a result of last year’s nuclear accident in Fukushima, according to one of the first studies on the genetic effects of the incident.

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Source: worldnews.nbcnews.com

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