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[-] qupada@fedia.io 25 points 1 week ago

It's well-enough documented that there's an informal unit of measurement for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose

[-] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 27 points 1 week ago

Ugh.. They actually use bananas for scale...

[-] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Ironically though, your body doesn't really store excess potassium. When you eat a banana, you're only replacing a banana's worth of potassium within your body, so it ends up being largely net 0 in terms of a radiation dose, even though it's radioactive.

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

But you could exchange non-radioactive isotopes for the radioactive ones bananas are rich in, right?

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

If you can find a source of non-radioactive potassium.

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