The Comet Assay and its applications in the field of ecotoxicology: a mature tool that continues to expand its perspectives

J de Lapuente, J Lourenço, SA Mendo, M Borràs… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Since Singh and colleagues, in 1988, launched to the scientific community the alkaline
Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis (SCGE) protocol, or Comet Assay, its uses and applications …

Current evidence for a role of epigenetic mechanisms in response to ionizing radiation in an ecotoxicological context

N Horemans, DJ Spurgeon, C Lecomte-Pradines… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
The issue of potential long-term or hereditary effects for both humans and wildlife exposed to
low doses (or dose rates) of ionising radiation is a major concern. Chronic exposure to …

Rewilding of Fukushima's human evacuation zone

PC Lyons, K Okuda, MT Hamilton… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is substantial interest in understanding the ecological impacts of the nuclear accidents
at the Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants. However, population‐level …

Radiological dose reconstruction for birds reconciles outcomes of Fukushima with knowledge of dose-effect relationships

J Garnier-Laplace, K Beaugelin-Seiller… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
We reconstructed the radiological dose for birds observed at 300 census sites in the 50-km
northwest area affected by the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant over …

Evaluation of DNA damage and stress in wildlife chronically exposed to low-dose, low-dose rate radiation from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

K Cunningham, TG Hinton, JJ Luxton, A Bordman… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
The health effects associated with chronic low-dose, low-dose rate (LD-LDR) exposures to
environmental radiation are uncertain. All dose-effect studies conducted outside controlled …

Abundance and genetic damage of barn swallows from Fukushima

A Bonisoli-Alquati, K Koyama, DJ Tedeschi… - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
A number of studies have assessed or modeled the distribution of the radionuclides
released by the accident at the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP). Few …

Radioactively contaminated areas: Bioindicator species and biomarkers of effect in an early warning scheme for a preliminary risk assessment

J Lourenco, S Mendo, R Pereira - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Concerns about the impacts on public health and on the natural environment have been
raised regarding the full range of operational activities related to uranium mining and the …

Relevance of non-targeted effects for radiotherapy and diagnostic radiology; a historical and conceptual analysis of key players

C Mothersill, A Rusin, C Seymour - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Non-targeted effects (NTE) such as bystander effects or genomic instability have been
known for many years but their significance for radiotherapy or medical diagnostic radiology …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of radiocesium contamination in frogs 18 months after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

N Matsushima, S Ihara, M Takase, T Horiguchi - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
We investigated the accumulation of radionuclides in frogs inhabiting radioactively
contaminated areas around Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) to search for …

On the divergences in assessment of environmental impacts from ionising radiation following the Fukushima accident

P Strand, S Sundell-Bergman, JE Brown… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
The accident at the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 11, 2011, led to
significant contamination of the surrounding terrestrial and marine environments. Whilst …