Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoNuclear weapons partly responsible for radioactive wild boarsgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: loredom@kbin.socialworldwithoutus@kbin.social
arrow-up1167arrow-down1external-linkNuclear weapons partly responsible for radioactive wild boarsgizmodo.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: loredom@kbin.socialworldwithoutus@kbin.social
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year 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 Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoCould it aid in clear up in places like Ukraine and Japan?
minus-squarejayrhacker@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoTruffles are pretty rare (which is why we use pigs to find them) but maybe another kind of fungi could work?
minus-squareNorgur@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoDeer truffles are not regular truffles and they aren’t that rare actually.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year 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?
Deer truffles are not regular truffles and they aren’t that rare actually.
I doubt it, but this is not my area of expertise.