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Kids may "inherit" radiation exposure from dads

by Sarah Gilbert (Subscribe to Sarah Gilbert's posts)
Sep 7th 2004 4:08PM

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Filed under: Your Pregnancy, Health & Safety: Babies

father and babyConventional wisdom says that it's only a mom's exposure to dangerous chemicals, radiation and other toxins that might affect her eventual offspring. But new research suggests that the father's exposure to radiation could impact his offspring down the road.

Offspring of radiation-exposed male mice had mutations in their cells suggestive of radiation damage, despite having had no direct exposure… [and] studies of Chernobyl victims indicate the same is true in humans.

The scientists who conducted the study in mice said that their evidence suggests that the cell instability brought on by radiation exposure can be transmitted for at least two generations.

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