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minus-squareFlying SquidOPlinkEnglish8•2 years 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 EcclestonedlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoCould it aid in clear up in places like Ukraine and Japan?
minus-squarejayrhackerlinkfedilink8•2 years agoTruffles are pretty rare (which is why we use pigs to find them) but maybe another kind of fungi could work?
minus-squareNorgurlinkfedilink1•2 years agoDeer truffles are not regular truffles and they aren’t that rare actually.
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.