Oh, this is horrible on a number of levels, but really shows the sheer ignorance of some people in this time. Fear of technological advancement in particular is really interesting in this issue. I really like the whole moral issues that the Weird Science crew used to stick in.
Although, hate to say this, but I was half expecting her to turn out looking like Wolverine or something, lol. Hypertrichosis being a legitimate disease and all, apparently I didn't take the nuclear radiation thing as seriously as I was supposed to. That, and I generally think Wolverine when its something mysterious for some ridiculous reason.
That said, it would probably be impossible for someone with such tiny arms to climb a tree like that, she was built like a T-Rex. Or that guy from the Burger King commercials; with his tiny hands, he's probably not very good at climbing either.