Chernobyl - ten years on
A report on the effects of radiation on people's DNA, 10 years after Chernobyl
A report on the effects of radiation on people's DNA, 10 years after Chernobyl. An article in the journal Nature would appear to show that there is some evidence that the disaster, one of the world's worst nuclear accidents, did create mutations in humans. Also in the programme, creating new life in the lab and how potatoes are helping rice become resistant to bugs. Presenter: Roland Pease.
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