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She published her work in the magazine of the Swiss
newspaper Tages-Anzeiger in January 1988. Swiss scientists,
however, expressed criticism of her research, insisting
that the fallout in Western Europe from the Chernobyl accident
was too small to cause morphological disturbances in insects.
After this attack from the Swiss scientific community on
her findings, Cornelia became even more intrigued about
the effects of radiation on the health of insects. She
wondered whether the insects living in the environs of
Swiss nuclear power plants, which emit significantly lower
levels of radiation than the fallout from Chernobyl, would
therefore be healthy.
In 1989 Cornelia made her first trip to collect leaf bugs
in the environs of the Swiss |
Picture:
37 different Ladybird Beetles from Switzerland
Watercolor, 1976 - 1981 |
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