Dr. Alexey Yablokov is a prominent Russian scientist, environmentalist, former member of the USSR parliament, and environmental advisor to former Russian President Boris Yeltsin and the Gorbachev administration. Dr. Yablokov has been a leader in efforts to reveal conservation and pollution challenges in Russia such as illegal whaling and radiation contamination, particularly in marine ecosystems and the biology of marine mammals.

In the following video interview – Dr. Alexey Yablokov, author of – Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe, talks about radiation in food, starting at about 5 minutes into the video.  He explains how no country warns their citizens about radiation contaminated food, whether it is imported, exported or eaten locally.  Bottom line, everyone is on their own.