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Chernobyl disaster

The Chernobyl disaster affect the United Kingdom Agricultural

1986
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom restricted the movement of sheep from upland areas when radioactive cesium-137 fell across parts of Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and northern England. the movement of a total of 4,225,000 sheep was restricted across a total of 9,700 farms, to prevent contaminated meat from entering the human food chain.


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