Food in the zone is toxic, people working or visiting are told not to eat anything found there. The few restaurants that have been set up to cater for the people working near Chernobyl must get food delivered to them from far outside the zone and even then there are still risks of contamination.
One of the main killers linked to the incident is Thyroid cancer, this is because the thyroid glands found in your neck absorb radiation like a sponge, and young people are especially at risk. Normally iodine tablets are given to people to help prevent/reduce radiation building up in the thyroids but during the incident no one was given this basic treatment at least not until much later on.
The reason from mentioning this is because its the first subject for my work, much like thyroids, mushrooms absorb radiation, from both the fallout and the soil, and even in places like Kiev people are warned against eating such foods. So much so that at local markets, sellers must prove that their stocks are free of radiation or at least below safe levels at near by testing centres.
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