Author Correction: Observation of morphological abnormalities in silkworm pupae after feeding ¹³⁷CsCl-supplemented diet to evaluate the effects of low dose-rate exposure

Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72882-y, published online 29 September 2020.

This Article contains errors in the Discussion section.

“The ¹³⁷Cs concentration, 1.3 × 10³ Bq/g fresh weight (fw), in the artificial diet can be converted to the ¹³⁷Cs ground deposition of 9 MBq/m², which was relatively high-level contamination area within the Fukushima’s exclusion zone (Fig. 1).”

should read:

“The ¹³⁷Cs concentration, 1.3 × 10³ Bq/g fresh weight (fw), in the artificial diet can be converted to the ¹³⁷Cs ground deposition of 90 MBq/m², which was higher than high-level contamination area within the Fukushima’s exclusion zone (Fig. 1).”

In the Materials and methods section under subheading ‘Low dose-rate exposure and internal exposure’.

“The concentration was set at 1385 Bq/g fresh weight (fw), which can be converted to ¹³⁷Cs ground deposition of approximately 9 MBq/m² when the radiocesium is distributed within 5 cm from the soil surface and 1.3 g/cm³ soil density (Fig. 1)⁴⁰.”

should read:

“The concentration was set at 1385 Bq/g fresh weight (fw), which can be converted to ¹³⁷Cs ground deposition of approximately 90 MBq/m² when the radiocesium is distributed within 5 cm from the soil surface and 1.3 g/cm³ soil density (Fig. 1)⁴⁰.”