Radioactive boars eating false truffles could cause supply issues in Czech Republic
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Key points:
- Boars are eating mushrooms containing Caesium 137
- Boar meat is a delicacy in the Czech Republic
- 47 per cent of boars tested from 2014 to 2016 exceeded radioactivity limits
The Czech Republic has an unusual problem this winter with its wild boar meat — the boars are radioactive.
A cold and snowy winter is forcing them to feed on false truffles, an underground mushroom common in the Sumava mountain region shared by Czechs, Austrians, Germans — and wild boars.
The mushrooms can absorb high levels of the radioactive isotope Caesium 137. And three decades ago the nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl released Caesium 137 that eventually drifted down on the Sumava mountains.
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The half life of Caesium 137 is 30 years — that is, it takes 30 years for the radioactivity of the isotope to fall to half its original value.
Then another 30 to fall to half again, and so on. The boars could be radioactive for quite a while.
And that could cause some problems with the supply of boar meat, which is a delicacy in the Czech Republic.
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Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-23/many-wild-boars-roaming-czech-forests-are-radioactive/8295400
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And fukushima salmon have made it to U.S. west coast, I read today. 
might explain the color.
Yep. Glad I was wasn't the only one who saw the comparison.
