Study finds no genetic effects of radiation in hibakusha offspri

Study finds no genetic effects of radiation in hibakusha offspri

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Toshiteru Okubo (R), chairman of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation, speaks at a news conference in Hiroshima on Feb. 28, after the foundation released a study concluding that there is no evidence linking the degree of radiation exposure suffered by people in the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima or Nagasaki and lifestyle-induced illnesses among their children. (Kyodo)

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