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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Bird Population in Collapse Near Fukushima

Bird Population in Collapse Near Fukushima

Study: Many species show “dramatically” elevated DNA mutation rates, developmental abnormalities and extinctions

- Common Dreams staff
An upcoming study shows the future for birds and insect life around Fukushima has been badly damaged, an ominous sign of things to come.
The study, set to be published next week in Environmental Pollution, looked at 14 species of birds common to Fukushima and Chernobyl. David McNeill writes in the Irish Times:

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/03-3

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