TEPCO Nuclear Incident Causing Abnormalities In Butterflies

Above, the Mothra mural at Toho Studios.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Jiji Press posted an interesting article.  It is on the effects of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear power plant on Japan's butterfly population.

According to the article:

Tokyo, Aug. 11 (Jiji Press)--Radioactive materials released due to the nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 power plant have caused abnormalities in butterflies in Japan, a team of researchers has said. 

"We conclude that artificial radionuclides from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant caused physiological and genetic damage" to pale grass blue butterflies, a species common in Japan, said an article published recently on the British journal Nature.

Will we be seeing giant mutated butterflies fluttering around Japan?

To read the full article, go here.