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    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 4 21:41:18 2023
    Germany's wild boars still too radioactive to eat largely due to Cold
    War nuke tests

    Scientists one step closer to cracking the case of these atomic swine
    ...
    ...
    It's believed this radiocesium got into the boars' diet via truffles,
    which they root out from underground. The cesium-137 sinks down, is
    absorbed by the fungus, and then gobbled up by the pigs.

    https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/31/radioactive_wild_boars_germany/

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Thu Sep 7 00:13:12 2023
    On 2023-09-05, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    Germany's wild boars still too radioactive to eat largely due to Cold
    War nuke tests

    Scientists one step closer to cracking the case of these atomic swine
    ...
    ...
    It's believed this radiocesium got into the boars' diet via truffles,
    which they root out from underground. The cesium-137 sinks down, is
    absorbed by the fungus, and then gobbled up by the pigs.

    https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/31/radioactive_wild_boars_germany/

    Somewhere out there is an entrepreneur willing to make "Nuclear Bacon" a luxury, niche item that billionaires will want to pay big money for the privilege of eating.

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