Flying Squid to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoNuclear weapons partly responsible for radioactive wild boarsgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkNuclear weapons partly responsible for radioactive wild boarsgizmodo.comFlying Squid to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFlying SquidOPlinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoThe cesium leeches into the soil and it’s absorbed by the truffles. They wouldn’t save us in a nuclear war. This is just where the radioactivity accumulates.
minus-squareBernie EcclestonedlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoCould it aid in clear up in places like Ukraine and Japan?
minus-squarejayrhackerlinkfedilink8•2 years agoTruffles are pretty rare (which is why we use pigs to find them) but maybe another kind of fungi could work?
minus-squareFlying SquidOPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoI doubt it, but this is not my area of expertise.
The cesium leeches into the soil and it’s absorbed by the truffles. They wouldn’t save us in a nuclear war. This is just where the radioactivity accumulates.
Could it aid in clear up in places like Ukraine and Japan?
Truffles are pretty rare (which is why we use pigs to find them) but maybe another kind of fungi could work?
I doubt it, but this is not my area of expertise.