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The genetic effects of Chernobyl radiation exposure

National Institutes of Health (NIH) (.gov)
Studies of people exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl accident and their children further our understanding of the genetic effects of...
43 months ago

Chernobyl radiation damage 'not passed to children'

BBC
A study found no mutations associated with a parent's exposure in the 1986 nuclear accident.
43 months ago

How Nuclear Disaster Has Affected the Children of a Region

Verywell Health
It looks at Children of Chernobyl birth defects and deformities, as well as genetic mutations—and some of the more positive outcomes despite the...
27 months ago

The biological impacts of the Fukushima nuclear accident on the pale grass blue butterfly | Scientific Reports

Nature
The collapse of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant caused a massive release of radioactive materials to the environment.
147 months ago

Children born to Chernobyl survivors don’t carry more genetic mutations

National Geographic
On the morning of April 26, 1986, a reactor in a nuclear power plant in what's now northern Ukraine exploded and burned—triggering what...
43 months ago

Children of Chernobyl parents have no higher number of DNA mutations

The Guardian
A study of children whose parents were exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 suggests they carry no more DNA mutations than children born to...
43 months ago

Chernobyl Survivors Do Not Pass Excess Mutations on to Their Children After All

Smithsonian Magazine
Researchers suggest the results may extend to those exposed to radiation in other nuclear accidents, such as the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi...
43 months ago

Study: Fukushima Radiation Not a Health Threat in U.S.

Energy Digital Magazine
For all you folks that rushed to the drug store to stock up on iodine following the Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown in March, rest easy. Researcher...
53 months ago

Chernobyl's liquidators didn’t pass on radiation damage to their children

Live Science
It didn't cause new mutations in DNA that parents who cleaned up after the nuclear accident passed along to their children, two new studies find.
43 months ago

Genetic mutations

DW
The butterflies found to be deformed as a result of radiation from the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima belong to the butterfly family of gossamer-winged...
147 months ago