Fukushima

[Mugwump]

Photographs of deformed daisies are doing the rounds in cyberspace, four years after the deadly Fukushima nuclear incident in Japan.

The white flowers are claimed to be the latest in the long-list of victims, which have experienced deformation over nuclear disasters.

The images of the deformed flowers were posted by Twitter user @San_kaido from Nasushiobara city, located about 110kms from Fukushima.

The tweet the user posted read: "The right one grew up, split into 2 stems to have 2 flowers connected each other, having 4 stems of flower tied belt-like. The left one has 4 stems grew up to be tied to each other and it had the ring-shaped flower. The atmospheric dose is 0.5 μSv/h at 1m above the ground."

According to gardening experts the abnormal growth that distorts the heads of daisies and other wildflowers is caused by hormonal imbalance. Called fasciation (or cresting) is a relatively rare condition of abnormal growth in vascular plants. Fasciation may cause plant parts to increase in weight and volume.

In March 2011, there was a meltdown in three of Fukushima's six nuclear reactors due to the devastating tsunami which struck the region. Japan continues to grapple with the scale of the disaster. Earlier, reports said some fruits and vegetables became mutated after the nuclear leak got mixed with ground water.

[PaulineMi]

 

[GraphicGr8s]

If you think about it we are using a radioactive material we have no place to store long term with a half life of over 10,000 years to basically boil a pot of water.

Indian Point in NY is built on a fault line. Go figure

[sschind]

If they were fish they would be marketed as a new morph rather than a deformity and sold for big bucks

[PaulineMi]

If they were fish they would be marketed as a new morph rather than a deformity and sold for big bucks

And they'd glow.  No need for tank lights.

[Ron Sower]

 

[BillT]

And they'd glow.

Here you go:
http://www.glowingplant.com/

[Mugwump]

And they'd glow.

Here you go:
http://www.glowingplant.com/

Oh joy...... ....but there already is a glowing natural jungle algae that glows....

[BillT]

And they'd glow.

Here you go:
http://www.glowingplant.com/

Oh joy...... ....but there already is a glowing natural jungle algae that glows....

But this one is a small weed related to mustard plants. Much better!