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"As a result of the Chernobyl reactor accident, certain species of mushrooms and wild game are still highly contaminated with caesium-137 in some areas of Germa
by lorenzhs 6y ago
"As a result of the Chernobyl reactor accident, certain species of mushrooms and wild game are still highly contaminated with caesium-137 in some areas of Germany." https://www.bfs.de/EN/topics/ion/environment/foodstuffs/mushrooms-game/mushrooms-game.html https://www.bfs.de/EN/topics/ion/environment/foodstuffs/mush..., from the Federal Office for Radiation Protection.
- DrBazza 6y agoUltimately it says this: > If wild game or wild growing mushrooms are consumed in usual amounts, the additional radiation exposure is comparatively low but it can be avoided. Those who wish to reduce their personal exposure should not eat wild game self-hunted or mushrooms self-picked in the most affected areas of Germany. and > In Germany it is not permitted to market food with a radiocaesium content of more than 600 becquerel per kilogram. and > In the last years values of up to several thousand becquerel per kilogram were measured in wild game and certain edible mushrooms. So isn't this is just cautionary, rather than a significant health risk?
- lorenzhs 6y agoIt's mostly cautionary but a problem for forest management because it means that the radioactivity of game has to be checked and it often can't be sold. I've eaten the mushrooms in question (self-picked) and would do it again. They're delicious. But my region also wasn't particularly hard-hit by the Chernobyl fallout.