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tcfhgjtoday at 10:23 AM1 replyview on HN

I live in Germany and dead wild animals are still burned instead of eaten because of radioactive contamination


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Dunedantoday at 11:31 AM

While your statement is true, it leaves out relevant details:

There is a certain threshold for radiation exposure where if exceeded the animal isn't deemed safe for consumption anymore. The vast majority of these cases are from boars in certain areas of Germany nowadays and affect less than 1% of all killed boars [1] [2].

[1]: https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/fast-3000-verstrahlte-wildsch...

[2]: https://www.wildtierschutz-deutschland.de/_files/ugd/173a38_...