• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Well, bananas are crazy radioactive…

    I had to get measured before and after training to work in nuclear in the military, and they ordered us not to eat bananas for a week before either test.

    Not that bananas are bad for you, it’s just exposure is tracked well below limits there’ll actually be negative side effects. So eating a couple bananas recently is enough to throw up red flags on the test

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      1 year ago

      Bananas aren’t even that radioactive. 0.1 microsieverts.

      If you really want to expose yourself to large amounts of radiation, start smoking. 160,000 microsieverts a year, contains radioactive polonium and lead.

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        1 year ago

        Not that bananas are bad for you, it’s just exposure is tracked well below limits there’ll actually be negative side effects. So eating a couple bananas recently is enough to throw up red flags on the test