Filed under: Health Care, Japan, Junk Science, Science/Technology | Tags: Japanese Nuclear Power Plants, What are the Dangers of Radiation, What's Natural-And What's Not
“A banana-equivalent dose is a concept used occasionally by nuclear power proponents to clarify the dangers of radiation by comparing exposure to radiation to the radiation generated by the common banana.
Many foods are naturally radioactive, and bananas are particularly so, due to the radioactive potassium -40 they contain. The banana equivalent dose is the radiation exposure received by eating a single banana.”
Anthony Watts of Watts Up With That, one of the best science blogs ever, explains cosmic rays and radiation and worries over a “plume of radiation from Japan.” Put your mind at ease, and understand all the radiation talk, and the excesses of the media. Worth your time.
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