Ambush bug from near Peach Bottom Plant, USA   Radiation-contaminated areas in the United States   Themes de - en           Peach Bottom Plant, Pennsylvania, U.S. The nuclear power plant Peach Bottom, in Pennsylvania, had to be shut down several times between 1974 and 1987 because iodine –131 had been emitted into the environment. The pastureland of local cows was irradiated, and their highly contaminated milk was delivered, mostly, to other parts of the country [ 4 ]. The few Heteroptera leaf bugs I found there in the summer of 1991, next to Atom Road, were all deformed. The worst deformities were on the wings and abdomen. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Picture: Ambush bug, Peach Bottom Plant, USA front foot and trunk damaged. Watercolor, Zürich 1991     < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 >     Ambush bug from near Peach Bottom Plant, USA   Radiation-contaminated areas in the United States   Themes de - en