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Asked by anon-177608 to Helen, Andrew on 19 Jun 2018.
Question: how radioactive are bananas?
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Helen Littler answered on 19 Jun 2018:
Yes, bananas are radioactive, but so are you.
Yes, you will certainly die from radiation poisoning if you are able to eat 10,000,000 bananas at once. You may also witness chronic symptoms if you eat 274 bananas a day for seven years.
Comments
Simran commented on :
Why are bananas radio active?
Urslaan commented on :
Bananas contain potassium, which has an unstable isotope K-40, with extremely long half-life (a quarter of the age of the earth!). So that makes bananas radioactive!