*[Enwl-eng] 27 years on, Austrian animals are still radioactive

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publication: 28.05.2013 14:30
keywords: radioactive / environment / energy

27 years on, Austrian animals are still radioactive
Wild pigs with dangerous levels of radioactive Cäsium-137 were found in
Austria

Vienna (pte031/28.05.2013/14:30) - The Austrian agency for health and food
security (AGES) has found wild pigs with dangerous levels of radioactive
Cäsium-137 after carrying out random checks in four Austrian regions.

Animals in Austria were found containing more than 600 Becquerel per
kilogramme - the amount above which the meat can longer be consumed.

The agency decided to carry out these spot checks after experts measured
more than 10,000 Becquerel per kilogramme in a wild pig which was recently
shot in Bavaria (Germany).

The test, which was ordered by the head of the health ministry department
for radiation Manfred Ditto, was carried out proportionally to the origin of
wild pig meat - 80 percent from Lower-Austria, a small part from
Upper-Austria.

The Upper-Austrian environment secretary Rudi Anschober (Greens) said that a
decision would be made in the next few days at to whether accentuated checks
on wild pigs will take place or not. Anschober also said that no test in the
last five years has shown figure that are such a health risk.

Christopher Böck who is a wild biologist said that Upper-Austrian pigs very
rarely ended up on our plates, and that their slightly higher than
acceptable level of Cäsium 137 was explained by the fact that their
favourite food, mushrooms, bio-accumulate the radioactive substance and
integrated for a long period of time.

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