Genetic effects of radiation exposure: Lesson from Hiroshima survivorsMar 21, 2011
On February 27, 2011, when his plane flew over Sendai, Mulvihill thought, “I always remember Japan as hilly and mountainous, but this area is so flat . . . . a big wave could really travel far inland.”
That was twelve days before the tsunami hit Sendai, and John Mulvihill was flying to this year’s meeting held by the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF).
Mulvihill is a geneticist at the University of Oklahoma, who spoke to SmartPlanet about the genetic effects of radiation exposure. Mulvihill has been doing genetic research on Hiroshima survivors for decades.
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