Scientists finally figured out what’s making German wild boars radioactive, and it’s not just Chernobyl

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Wild boars (Sus scrofa) in Bavaria are nonetheless radioactive virtually 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe. (Picture credit score: John Ceulemans/Getty Photos)

After puzzling scientists for many years, researchers have lastly found out what’s making Bavaria’s wild boars radioactive, whilst different animals present few indicators of contamination. 

Seems, the animals are nonetheless considerably contaminated with radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons detonated over 60 years in the past — not simply from the Chernobyl catastrophe, as was beforehand thought.