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Table 3 Ingested caesium dose and mortality and abnormality rates in the F 1 generation

From: Ingestion of radioactively contaminated diets for two generations in the pale grass blue butterfly

The F1leaves from:

Number of larvae (n)

Ingested caesium dose [mBq]

Mortality rate [%]

Total abnormality rate [%]

Okinawa

308 (Summer = 67, Fall = 241)

0.0629 ± 0.0011

8.05*1

8.25*1

Atami

55

0.883 ± 0.003

9.10

9.10

Musashino

54

2.23 ± 0.004

13.0

13.0

Kashiwa

55

16.6 ± 0.02

16.4

16.4

Koriyama

249

40.9 ± 0.02

53.0

54.2

Motomiya

256

56.1 ± 0.03

31.2

32.0

  1. *1Mean values for the summer and fall results.