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Krasnol • today at 6:53 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

We measure radioactivity in Germany because boar and deer are still contaminated. Especially in southern Bavaria. Samples exceeded the EU limit value for consumption by up to 25 times.

A study found that most of the contamination these days doesn't come from Chernobyl anymore but from nuclear weapon tests.

https://www.infranken.de/bayern/warum-wildschweine-in-bayern...

PS: hunters with contaminated boars have to pay for the disposal themselves but can get the money back from the state. So, like with everything around nuclear: in the end it's the taxpayer who has to pay for it.

https://www.bayern.landtag.de/www/ElanTextAblage_WP17/Drucks...