Dempster's article cites real scientific work by Nobel Prize winner Dr. Hermann Muller, whose legitimate research on radiation and genetic mutation gets drafted into service for this panic ...

A given creature’s response to radiation depends on factors like their ... This could help explain why scientists have found increased mutation rates in pine trees in the Exclusion Zone, for ...

What causes a mutation? Mutations can be caused by high-energy sources such as radiation or by chemicals in the environment. They can also appear spontaneously during the replication of DNA.

This DNA has suffered a mutation, either through mis-copying (when its parent cell divided), or through the damaging effects of exposure to radiation or a chemical carcinogen.

The greater the dose of radiation a cell gets, the greater the chance of a mutation. Mutations could cause different genes to be switched on or off, and this could create a different or faulty ...