[ RadSafe ] Environment: Ingesting radioactive materials from Fukushima impacts butterflies

[Roger Helbig]

Is this research soundly based, or flawed in some way?

Roger Helbig

arclight2011part2 posted: " ... consuming leaves that contain
relatively small levels of artificial cesium released by the Fukushima
Dai-ichi NPP has measurable effects on the butterflies' survival,
growth and development...
http://www.natureasia.com/en/research/highlight/9"
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Environment: Ingesting radioactive materials from Fukushima impacts butterflies

by arclight2011part2

... consuming leaves that contain relatively small levels of
artificial cesium released by the Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP has
measurable effects on the butterflies' survival, growth and
development...

http://www.natureasia.com/en/research/highlight/9275

Scientific Reports

May 15, 2014

Butterfly larvae that ingest radioactive plant materials collected
from the vicinity of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant may be
more prone to abnormalities and early death. The findings are
published in Scientific Reports this week.

The accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant (NPP) in
March 2011 led to the release of a large amount of radioactive
materials into the environment. Previous research has indicated that
exposure to such radioactive materials may have physiological and
genetic effects on the Japanese pale grass blue butterfly (Zizeeria
maha). Now Joji Otaki and colleagues examine how radiation from the
contaminated region around Fukushima may contribute to lifetime
ingestion of radionuclides by butterflies, and the potential
biological consequences. The authors fed radioactive plant materials
from locations around Fukushima to Japanese pale grass blue butterfly
larvae from Okinawa - a Japanese prefecture about 1,000 miles south of
Fukushima.

They show that consuming leaves that contain relatively small levels
of artificial caesium released by the Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP has
measurable effects on the butterflies' survival, growth and
development. Further research is needed to explore the potential
implications of these findings for other organisms.

DOI:10.1038/srep04946 | Original article
Article has been pulled off this link however Nature has still got the
details on their web site. Here is the information I was able to get;

The biological impacts of ingested radioactive materials on the pale
grass blue butterfly

http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/140515/srep04946/full/srep04946.html

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