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THERE ARE RADIOACTIVE BOARS LURKING IN GERMAN FORESTS

Populations of wild boars are expanding across Europe, but scientists have warned that they shouldn’t be eaten because they contain unsafe levels of the radioactive metal caesium.

High levels of radioactivity have been recorded in wild

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