Hi,
Jostein wrote:
Btw, I happened upon a band of reindeer hunters when out photographing last week-end. It was they who told me about the radioactivity. In some parts, the Tchernobyl aftermath is still an issue. Sheep having grazed freely in the mountains are still controlled before slaughtered.
In the UK, too. Sheep from the Lake District are routinely taken to the south of England to graze for a few weeks before slaughter, to reduce the isotope levels. I presume that the isotopes are flushed out of the gut and deposited in the field. Come to think of it, I haven't heard of this practice since our foot & mouth epidemic fiasco.
mike
