All fair.

This is likely also related to the (likely stretched) story about a train full of radioactive meat that floated around for a while [0] that seems to get interpreted a little differently each time [1].

[0] https://time.com/4305507/chernobyl-30-agriculture-disaster/#...

[1] https://origins.osu.edu/milestones/april-2016-eating-you-foo...