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The banana is a plant, not a tree. Another fun fact: all banana's are slightly radioactive.
by misja111 10y ago
The banana is a plant, not a tree. Another fun fact: all banana's are slightly radioactive.
- vixen99 10y agoAll bananas are slightly radioactive.
- mrob 10y agoPeople love quoting this for some reason, despite bananas not having the highest potassium content. Many greens (beet/kale/spinach/etc.) have higher.
- legulere 10y agoAlso people like to ignore that the body will keep the amount of potassium in it constant. So you have always the same amount of potassium radionuclides in you. This leads to some people underestimating the effects of radionuclide intake.
- bandrami 10y agoA body with properly functioning kidneys will keep the amount of potassium in it constant
- ptaipale 10y agoThe "some reason" is that it helps to put into perspective some radioactivity fears. "Working for a week at the Fukushima plant gives you the banana equivalent dose of one hundred bananas (100 BED)", or whatever.
- 50CNT 10y agoAll foods are slightly radioactive.
- dogma1138 10y agoBananas are especially radioactive due to the potassium like geiger counter register radioactive.
- dogma1138 10y agoWhy the downvotes? correct on both accounts.