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

[Mattias Lantz]

References to Gould and Sternglass, and to Mousseau and Moller, are 
warning flags. But a closer scrutiny than guilt by association should be 
applied. Any takers?

Best wishes,
Mattias Lantz

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On 05/17/2014 11:51 AM, Roger Helbig wrote:
> 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"
> Respond to this post by replying above this line
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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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