What are the main consequences of heavy concentration of fallout on crop and pasture lands?
! Farm workers may not be able to manage and cultivate land safely for some time, because of radiation hazard. ! It may not be advisable to permit animals to graze, because of the danger of radiation. ! Fresh fallout would provide surface contamination on all plants, resulting in potential hazard to human beings and animals consuming them. ! Radiation from fallout deposited on the leaves or the ground may damage the crop.