{"id":2504,"date":"2014-07-24T12:20:13","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T17:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=2504"},"modified":"2014-07-24T17:12:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T22:12:50","slug":"blood-changes-in-monkeys-near-fukushima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/blood-changes-in-monkeys-near-fukushima\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood changes in monkeys near Fukushima"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2501\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pngbase642c7579fe226ad0f9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2501\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2501\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pngbase642c7579fe226ad0f9.png\" alt=\"Wild Japanese monkeys in Fukushima. (Photo credit: F. Konno)\" width=\"432\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pngbase642c7579fe226ad0f9.png 432w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pngbase642c7579fe226ad0f9-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wild Japanese monkeys in Fukushima. (Photo credit: F. Konno)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wild Japanese monkeys inhabiting a forest located 70 km from the Fukushima nuclear power plant have lower blood cell counts than monkeys from Northern Japan, a new study finds. The Fukushima nuclear power plant was badly damaged by a tsunami in March 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Red and white blood cell count were lower in the Fukushima monkeys. Additionally muscle radiocesium levels in the monkeys&#8217;, a measure of radiation exposure, has been\u00a0linked to the level of contamination of the soil in their habitat. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Low blood cell counts don\u2019t necessarily imply that the monkeys\u2019 health is at risk.\u00a0The authors call for long-term study on the health of monkeys in Fukushima.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Science Media Centre &#8211; U.K. has gathered expert opinions, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemediacentre.org\/expert-reaction-to-study-reporting-that-monkeys-near-fukushima-japan-have-lower-blood-cell-counts\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">available here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/srep\/2014\/140724\/srep05793\/full\/srep05793.html\" target=\"_blank\">Original research paper<\/a><\/span>\u00a0published in the\u00a0journal\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scientific Reports<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em>on\u00a0<strong>July 24, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shin-ichi Hayama, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Japan<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wild Japanese monkeys inhabiting a forest located 70 km from the Fukushima nuclear power plant have lower blood cell counts than monkeys from Northern Japan, a new study finds. The Fukushima nuclear power plant was badly damaged by a tsunami in March 2011. Red and white blood cell count were lower in the Fukushima monkeys. 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