http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=12058
Cesium 137 is an artificial isotope that does not exist in nature, it comes from atomic bombs and nuclear reactor meltdowns. While low doses of these products would not make someone immediately ill they can contribute to health damage and accumulate over life. Cesium 137 ingested is slowly excreted from the body but can build up as someone consumes contaminated food on a regular basis. Cesium 137 has a biological half life of 70 days. This means if you consume cesium 137, half of it has been excreted back out of your body in 70 days. The time it stays in the human body can cause cellular damage and potentially lead to cancer.
Most of the cesium 137 found in these products is assumed to come from Chernobyl based on the fact that the ones with the most contamination are known to be contaminated by Chernobyl. Places like Bulgaria and Ukraine along with parts of eastern Europe, Finland and Sweden are known to have problems with cesium 137 in certain foods. Foods such as wild mushrooms and forest berries absorb higher levels of cesium 137 than other foods. Four of the samples tested that had contamination had berries from Canada but were European brand names. Why these products were contaminated is currently not confirmed.
The Ruskies have classified their research on the effects of Chernobyl Radioactive contamination on the food supply as top secret. One tip they let slip was that root crops like potatoes, carrots, onions have much lower levels of contamination. Maybe they dont get the fallout from rain.
Aren’t there areas of Scandinavia still off limits to Reindeer herding due to Cesium in the ground Lichens?
And Wild Boar in German and Eastern Europe? Contaminated from rooting for their food...
Cesium 137 is an artificial isotope that does not exist in nature, it comes from atomic bombs and nuclear reactor meltdowns. While low doses of these products would not make someone immediately ill they can contribute to health damage and accumulate over life. Cesium 137 ingested is slowly excreted from the body but can build up as someone consumes contaminated food on a regular basis. Cesium 137 has a biological half life of 70 days. This means if you consume cesium 137, half of it has been excreted back out of your body in 70 days. The time it stays in the human body can cause cellular damage and potentially lead to cancer.
Cesium 137 has a half-life of over 30 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesium-137#Health_risk_of_radioactive_caesium
The biological half-life (time in the body) is 70 days.
That means that about only a tiny amount of Cesium 137 ingested will remain in the body long enough to emit radiation.
It is only considered a major risk by those who believe in the “linear, no threshold theory”, contrary to much evidence.
“It remains a substantial challenge to resolve the scientific uncertainty surrounding the current use of the linear no-threshold (LNT) model for developing radiation protection standards at low doses of radiation.”
https://atomicinsights.com/low-dose-radiation-research-program-defunded-2011/