i’m a bit confused.
since when are bananas radioactive?
would i get sick sitting next to a pile of 1,000 bananas?
would i get sick sitting next to a pile of 1,000 bananas?
When you realize people work their whole career working in a banana plantation, you start to understand the difference between measurable radioactivity and meaningful radioactivity.
Bananas have always been radio active. So is your fire detector, your basement and your body.
There is a natural background radiation level, bananas are a little higher than normal because of their potasium. You can sleep on them if you want, they present to danger.
Also keep in mind, when you hear something causes cancer, it may only represent a 1:1,000,000 risk. Considering that cancer as a whole is a 333,333:1,000,000 risk so adding that carcinogen will increase your odds of getting cancer by .0003%.
These numbers are thrown around to scare the public.
Bananas are high in Potassium. Potassium, naturally, has a percentage that is radioactive (K-41). Bananas are, always were and always will be, radioactive.