Germany Signals Caution Over Radioactive Meat

Wild Boar
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Germans craving wild boar sausage may need to exhibit care before dining. According to a story originally appearing in the UK newspaper The Telegraph and summarized in theverge.com, a study cited by the German government raised the yellow flag on wild boar consumption. The report noted that one of three hunted wild boars in Germany's eastern province of Saxony exhibited radiation levels unsafe for human consumption. The unhealthy source was most likely from the wild boars' food supply, notably mushrooms, that continue to harbor radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. In case you're keeping score at home, the distance from Chernobyl to Saxony is roughly equivalent to the distance between New York and Chicago.