Bananas are radioactive, and yet they are harmless and delicious. The fact that you can eat some radioactive things does not make it a good idea to eat other r

Bananas are radioactive, and yet they are harmless and delicious. The fact that you can eat some radioactive things does not make it a good idea to eat other radioactive things, like Plutonium. My body can handle a handful of virus cells when delivered by vaccine, but in large quantities, they overwhelm my immune system. A dam holds back a river, but not a flood. Small leaks of oil over time are tolerable to the ecosystem, whereas giant gushers overwhelm it.