MELTDOWN MUTATES INSECTS AFTER RABBITS A YEAR AGO
Temecula, CA –
The nuclear accident allegedly caused by H.A.A.R.P. (see Jesse Ventura/youtube)
at Fukushima and covered here in the Calendar heavily last spring and summer didn’t
gain much traction, my publisher said at the time. I told him it didn’t make
any difference because sooner or later the world would catch up to the
reporting of the story. The radiation hasn’t stopped being released simply
because the US news has moved on to the next ‘if it bleeds, it leads’
Romney/Ryan story.
One of the
most disturbing aspects of the Fukushima radiation story was the government’s
lack of concern, real concern for their citizens who lived in close proximity
to the crippled plant even after mutated bunnies were discovered by farmers
(and reported here, see archives).
Recently it
has come out that the government in Japan lied to the citizens about the
deadly potential of Fukushima, and continues to allow people to live in harm’s
way. Though the rumors of Tokyo being evac’d and a backup Tokyo planned at an
extreme southern location remain ungrounded, the government did bailout TEPCO
making the Japanese people pick up the bill for the devastation. The government
and the same people at TEPCO remain in place despite the treasonous propaganda,
and life moves on – not quite!
'Researchers
in Japan have found signs of mutation in butterflies, signaling one of the
first indications of change to the local ecosystem as a result of last year's
nuclear accident in Fukushima, according to one of the first studies on the
genetic effects of the incident.
Joji Otaki
from the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, who led the research, collected
144 commonly-found pale grass blue butterflies 2 months after the March
2011 accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.
Initial
results indicated that roughly 12
percent of the butterflies showed signs of abnormalities, such as disfigurement
in their antennas, smaller-sized wings, change in color patterns and indented eyes, Otaki said.
Even more alarming, when he collected another 238 samples just 6 months later he
found that those abnormalities had increased
to 28 percent and the mutations had doubled to 52 percent in their offspring.
Pictured below
is the before/after comparison of the butterfly species.
Otaki, who
has been studying these butterflies for 10 years to analyze the effects of
global warming, said that butterflies are the best environmental indicators
because they are widely found in almost any environment.
"But
since we've seen these effects on butterflies, it’s easy to imagine that it
would also have affected other species as well. It’s pretty clear that
something has gone wrong with the ecosystem,” he said.
However, at
the same time, he also warns that because each species’ sensitivity to
radiation varies, it was too early to immediately apply these finding to
humans. But what is clear, said Otaki, is that the genetic changes found in
these butterflies indicate a disruption in Fukushima's ecosystem and that more
study is needed to learn the full scope of the effects of the radiation
released into the environment.
"Effects
of low level radiation is genetically transferred through generation, which
suggests genetic damage. I think it’s clear that we see the effects passed on
through generations," Otaki added.'
[Editor’s
note: Who cares if the Liberty Quarry project is finally defeated if San Onofre
is mutating our butterflies. I urge the Quarry fighters to contact and align efforts
with our western community fighters and others affected in the 50 mile
radiation zone, see zone map in previous story. Arata Yamamoto is story source,
all emphasis – Ed]
