• Tarte@kbin.social
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    2 months ago

    There are still large areas in southern Germany where you’re not allowed to eat wild mushrooms and every boar that is hunted must be tested for radiation. That is because of the fallout from Chernobyl 38 years ago and 1400 km away.

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      2 months ago

      For sure, but there are places in Germany and everywhere in Europe where you shouldn’t be eating or drinking anything that comes out of the ground because of coal emissions, and places you can’t do anything in because of the gigantic coal mines. And that’s still currently happening and will keep happening for the foreseeable future.

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      2 months ago

      Which is mostly due to fear(mongering) and not real residue.

      And see another comment about coal emissions which are happening right now.