These photographs have just been released by scientists studying the effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on insect life. The photographs are autoradiogrammes showing two butterflies affected with radioactivity. Left, this, butterfly is only partly affected with a “hot spot” on the hind part of its body. Right, an insect strongly exposed to the radiation. Both butterflies were caught in Southern Finland shortly after the accident.
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Press, 29 July 1986, Page 32
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66These photographs have just been released by scientists studying the effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on insect life. The photographs are autoradiogrammes showing two butterflies affected with radioactivity. Left, this, butterfly is only partly affected with a “hot spot” on the hind part of its body. Right, an insect strongly exposed to the radiation. Both butterflies were caught in Southern Finland shortly after the accident. Press, 29 July 1986, Page 32
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