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Radiation-contaminated areas in the United States
Field studies in radiation-contaminated areas in the U.S.
After having found deformed insects in the fallout areas
of Chernobyl and nuclear facilities in Switzerland and
other parts of Europe, I grew interested in the question,
Are there long-lasting consequences for the morphological
health of Heteroptera leaf bugs after a nuclear accident?
It was once thought that the nuclear power plants in Eastern
Europe were not as safe as in the West. Therefore, I wanted
to concentrate my efforts on Western nuclear power plants.
The first plant that came into consideration: Three Mile
Island, in Pennsylvania, where in 1979 a nuclear
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Picture:
Harlequin bug near Three Mile Island,
USA
The Scutellum is curved and its yellow ornament is asymmetrical.
Watercolor, New Cumberland 1991 |
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