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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: rangerrebew on July 07, 2017, 07:40:23 am
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Can coral get cancer? Research examines Bikini Atoll, where U.S. dropped 23 atomic bombs
Doyle Rice , USA TODAY Published 3:19 p.m. ET July 6, 2017 | Updated 5:16 p.m. ET July 6, 2017
It's been more than 60 years since the U.S. dropped 23 atomic bombs on Bikini Atoll, a small ring of sand and sea teeming with corals in the Pacific Ocean.
Now, scientists are trying to figure out why long-term radiation exposure from the nuclear tests on the area, located about 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii, hasn't caused the marine invertebrates to develop cancer.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2017/07/06/atomic-bombs-corals-and-cancer-whats-connection/455292001/