On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 11:25:05 +0000, newshound
wrote:

On 26/02/2021 19:52, T i m wrote:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:19:17 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

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And all milk in a huge area around windscale was collected
from the farms and destroyed to stop people drinking it.

Poured into the drains and hence ultimately to the sea, IIRC. Perfectly
sensible, for Iodine 131. Mainly from the Lake District, I think.

Perfectly sensible tat the time and lack of understanding
Today a complete waste of decent milk.

Indeed it would be, it should have gone to the calves it was meant for
(especially today with so many alternatives that don't involve animal
suffering and exploitation).


Wouldn't that have resulted in horribly mutated monsters? At least
according to some.

Not sure they are allowed to live from birth or live long enough if
they aren't born mutated for any such mutations to come out (if such
was likely etc).

I thought I caught mention of sheep 'often' having mutated lambs on
the TV the other day (some farming show / Countryfile) but I didn't
catch where or why (if not 'normal' irrespective of the environmental
conditions etc).

Probably just another 'cost' to the farmer (and the animals of course)
as a result of over / selective breeding ...

https://ibb.co/GRyxDfs

Cheers, T i m