This article explains how the children of Chernobyl clean-up workers that were conceived and born after the incident were much more likely to have mutations and birth defects. There was a sevenfold increase in new bands between children born after Chernobyl and their siblings born before. Scientists think that somehow the mutations were caused by radiation becoming internal, seeing as there weren't really any sicknesses or mutations after the atomic bombs were dropped in Japan.
1. How many times more bands were found in post- Chernobyl kids than pre-?
2. Were the complications though to be caused by internal or external radiation exposure?
3. Why were children born and conceived after the incident more likely to be mutated?
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