IIRC, the only organisms that still contain serious amounts of radiation are fungi. Both because they are decomposers and because they are long-lived. Some species grow more than 30 years old.
I'm not sure if moving the animals to different pastures for a few weeks would help, though. It's not just the gut that needs to be flushed out, as the testing is based on fat or muscle tissue. Jostein ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 6:07 PM Subject: Re: istDs - what a great camera! > 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 > >
