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DNA damage from radiation could potentially affect future generations of boars.
by ctack 10y ago
DNA damage from radiation could potentially affect future generations of boars.
- kristianov 10y agoWhat's scarier than wild boars are radioactive wild boars.
- _ph_ 10y agoYou meant it as a funny statement, but it is actually true. Here in Bavaria, we actually have too many wild boars in the forests, but hunting them for meat is limited by the fact that they are still partially contaminated by the radiation left from the Chernobyl disaster. So about 1 out of 3 animals shot have to be destroyed.
- vermontdevil 10y agoSame if you hunt near Oak Ridge. I recall seeing signs there that ask you to bring hunted deer for radioactivity checkups. Found this blog about statistics from that area: http://knoxblogs.com/atomiccity/2008/11/27/checking_out_hot_deer_in_oak_r/ http://knoxblogs.com/atomiccity/2008/11/27/checking_out_hot_...
- zeristor 10y agoI think the bigger issue here is why have these radio nuclides escaped into the environment? Has there been an incident, a fire? Have these been dumped, or leaked into the water? Surely this shouldn't be happening.
- vidarh 10y agoOak Ridge held the uranium separation facility for the Manhattan project, and also held materials storage, at a time when standards were rather more lax.
- tasuki 10y agoWild boars in Bavaria contaminated by radiation from Chernobyl? Do you have any citations/links?
- sabertoothed 10y agoNot OP but German as well. Can confirm statement. Sources are easy to find but are mostly in German, e.g. https://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/umwelt/article139797061/Geheimsache-radioaktiv-verstrahlte-Wildsaeue.html https://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/umwelt/article139797061/Geh... http://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/tschernobyl-folgen-radioaktive-wildschweine-in-bayern-13484151.html http://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/tschernobyl-folgen-r... http://www.umweltinstitut.org/themen/radioaktivitaet/tschernobyl/lebensmittelbelastung.html http://www.umweltinstitut.org/themen/radioaktivitaet/tschern...
- tasuki 10y agoGenau - danke schoen :)
- vidarh 10y agoSame with sheep and reindeer in Norway, and I'm sure other animals elsewhere. The problem is not direct exposure, but that the prevailing winds carried various radioactive particles to large parts of Northern Europe. These particles gets sucked up by plants and mushrooms over time, and depending on weather conditions and other food supplies and type of animals, the concentration of radioactivity in these animals can vary greatly from year to year. It's not harmless, but all it means is you need to check certain types of animals and plants from certain regions before eating them. The radioactivity itself is not a problem, but some of these particles will bio-accumulate, and so while e.g. picking some mushrooms or plants may be mostly harmless, eating lots of meat with lots of accumulated radioactive material will concentrate it further, and keep irradiating you from the inside, which increases the risk substantially.
- vixen99 10y agoIn view of its geographical proximity, eating wild boar meat in Romania sounds even more risky. Are all carcasses checked for radiation? I have my doubts.
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- phreanix 10y agoHow do you determine which ones are good to eat? Geiger counter?
- phreanix 10y agoHow do you determine which ones are good to eat? Geiger counter?
- nallerooth 10y agoI bet the boars planned this from the very beginning! ;-)
- emodendroket 10y agoSmarter than the average boar, you might say.
- hinkley 10y agoThe Princess Mononoke scenario.