As convincing as the word of some random person on the internet can be, I do not believe that the flowers in question have birth defects caused by nuclear radiation. For starters, "not much more to say, this is what happens when flowers get nuclear birth defects" isn't the most convincing argument. They're acting as though it must be true simply because they say it is. Also, using a picture with a perfectly normal flower in the corner doesn't help your case. It almost looks as if two of the flowers in the image were simply bent to look abnormal. For these reasons, I do not believe that the flowers in question have nuclear birth defects caused by excessive exposure to radiation. In less than a minute, I found a 2015 article posted by National Geographic that confirmed my suspicions. While it is possible for radiation to cause similar defects in flowers, scientists believe it is highly unlikely in this case. One reason for their doubt comes from the location o...