The BED cited by wikipedia (3.6 millirems for eating one banana a day for a year) is equal to .000036 Sv. Will you get chronic radiation sickness from that? N

The BED cited by wikipedia (3.6 millirems for eating one banana a day for a year) is equal to .000036 Sv. Will you get chronic radiation sickness from that? Not even close. Chronic exposure to radiation in the 0.4 Sv range--over 10,000 bananas per day--is not enough to cause harm, and actually appears to be beneficial. http://cerrie.org/committee_papers/INFO_14-C.pdf http://cerrie.org/committee_papers/INFO_14-C.pdf