U.S. geneticist who probed atomic bombs' health effects dies at 95

U.S. geneticist who probed atomic bombs' health effects dies at 95

Photo taken in November 2014 shows William Schull, a U.S. geneticist who did extensive research into the health effects of radiation from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Schull died of lung cancer on June 20, 2017 in Houston, Texas, at the age of 95. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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