Why are bananas so radioactive?
In: Chemistry
They’re not “so radioactive” to begin with. They’re about as radioactive as potatoes or carrots, and only slightly more radioactive than avocados, for example.
All of those things are slightly more radioactive than other foods because they contain slightly more potassium than other foods, but they’re still so low in radioactivity that it essentially means nothing. You’d have to eat 100 bananas every day to match the amount of radioactive exposure you normally get from just walking around.
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