This year, according to experts, there are many radioactive mushrooms. more than ever. Half an hour of examination and porcini mushrooms to taste and color is no longer seem noble. Indicators of radiation are overstated. 
A photo from open sources “When undergoing vetsanekspertiza was overpriced cesium 137 radionuclides found, this the batch was withdrawn from sale, not allowed to be sold, “- said the head of the state laboratory of vetsanespertiza Nadezhda Belova. 30 kilograms of radioactive chanterelles – catch only one market laboratory. This year specialists in Moscow mushroom season. “For this year, 24 lots were not allowed to be sold mushrooms with a total weight of 144 kilograms. Over the past year, statistics have been less, only 5 lots, but last year can be considered not a season for mushroom pickers, “says the deputy chairman of the committee Veterinary Medicine Moscow A. Babushkina. Mushroom harvest is brought from Tambov, Kaluga region, even from Belarus. Sellers whose mushrooms are often considered inedible due to the content of harmful substances in the fable of radioactive mushrooms do not believe. But each an extra portion irradiates the body more than a medical X-ray For sale from retirees, as a rule, neither certificates nor permissions. They talk reluctantly about their mushroom places. Alone of the most radioactive mushrooms, experts find near roads, affected by a large flow of cars. Collected even in several hundred meters from the road, mushrooms accumulate dozens of harmful substances. Some of the most dangerous substances are mercury and lead. That they are in the body, mushroom lovers sometimes recognize in a few years.
Collected and untested boletus, oily, chanterelles more often all driven to spontaneous markets. Near metro stations and trains. It’s almost impossible to trace where the mushrooms come from. For quick sale sellers often name the most popular regions: for example, Vladimir and Ryazan regions. We have to believe in the word. Boletus and chanterelles bought on such a market in Moscow I gave the canal to the laboratory. In just a few minutes, the chart crawled up. Cesium-137 and can significantly affect health. It all depends on the quantity and volume of consumption. “Impact small doses of radiation are very difficult to detect, because their effect manifested after a few years. Irradiation can cause the most various diseases, such as metabolic disorders, decreased immunity, and also lead to cancer “, – says the head of the radiological department of the city veterinary laboratories of O. Tochiev. The main problem is that to determine radioactive elements in mushrooms can only specialists. They are They say: irradiation has neither taste nor color. Radiation accumulates in body and when it manifests itself, a matter of time. Better than him save money and ask the seller for a license. Matter of several seconds.
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