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Blood defects Japanese monkey linked Fukushima nuclear disaster
2014-07-26 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Abnormally low levels of white and red blood cells and haemoglobin have been found in Japanese macaques in the Fukushima region, with scientists suggesting that the phenomenon might be linked to the 2011 nuclear disaster. A study that compared blood tests from 61 monkeys living 44 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant with those of 31 monkeys from the Shimokita Penisula, -- 249 miles from Fukushima found the first group had low blood counts and radioactive caesium in their bodies,...
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