Scientists Say Vodka From Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone Safe To Drink

PORTSMOUTH, England (CBS Local) — A team of scientists who brewed vodka from rye grain grown within Chernobyl’s radioactive exclusion zone insist it is safe to drink it.
“Atomik” vodka is the first consumer product to be made that comes from the area around the abandoned nuclear power plant in the Ukraine.
Professor Jim Smith from the University of Portsmouth in southern England said Thursday the distillation process removes radioactive impurities.“We asked our frie