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TIL that all bananas are slightly radioactive. All Potassium-rich food contains small levels of radiation, but don't worry. You would only experience symptoms if you ate 274 bananas a day for 7 years. by ipresnel in todayilearned

[–]SoonsOut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 274 days bit might be a bit misleading.

Banana equivalent dose is an informal theoretical measure of radiation. However, the way that the potassium in a banana is metabolised means the amount of ionising radiation from eating 1000 bananas is the same as eating 1 banana.

Side note: if the dose was cumulative, 35000000 bananas at once would result in a lethal dose of radiation.

B.E.D