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German wild boars have become radioactive thanks to nuclear testing

Por: Newsweek Tech August 30, 2023

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Many of the wild boars roaming across central Europe are so radioactive that they are dangerous to eat, and it's down to a combination of nuclear weapons testing and the Chernobyl disaster.Previously, their radioactivity was assumed to just be due to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown, but new research published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology has found that it may also largely be due to nuclear weapons... + full article



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