There are still large parts of 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 35 years ago and 1400 km away.
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.
Just in case anyone is taking you serious: Please beware and adhere to the official warnings of the BFS (Federal Office for Radiation Protection). Contamination of forests with Caesium-137 is a serious health risk in many Bavarian forests. It’s half-life period is 30 years. The disaster was in 1986. That means it’s still roughly half of it there and the layered forest grounds preserve radiation well. If you’re a mushroom forager on vacation in Bavaria - just don’t do it.
Especially when coal rejects a lot more radioactive materials in the air than nuclear power
There are still large parts of 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 35 years ago and 1400 km away.
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.
Which is mostly due to fear(mongering) and not real residue.
And see another comment about coal emissions which are happening right now.
Just in case anyone is taking you serious: Please beware and adhere to the official warnings of the BFS (Federal Office for Radiation Protection). Contamination of forests with Caesium-137 is a serious health risk in many Bavarian forests. It’s half-life period is 30 years. The disaster was in 1986. That means it’s still roughly half of it there and the layered forest grounds preserve radiation well. If you’re a mushroom forager on vacation in Bavaria - just don’t do it.
https://www.bfs.de/DE/themen/ion/notfallschutz/notfall/tschornobyl/umweltfolgen.html#doc6055566bodyText3
OK, thanks. That ends the argument on South German forests, but doesn’t end it on nuclear energy being more or less harmful than coal.