Comment on If eating a banana is ~0.1μSv, then what is holding a banana for an hour?

Trex202@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Rooskie91@discuss.online ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Depends on what kind of radiation. Alpha radiation? You can hold the banana forever, but you better not eat it. Gamma radiation? Kinda fucked wither way.

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  • kelpie_returns@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So if I’m ever offered a gamma-radiating banana I might as well eat it? Got it and thx

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    • AmidFuror@fedia.io ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Think Incredible Hulk crossed with King Kong.

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      • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Green Gorilla?

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      • kelpie_returns@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Aw hell ya. Im gonna be so frickin strong after this that I’ll finally be able to finish Edward Scissorhands without even crying or covering my eyes

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  • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Google says the potassium in bananas emit beta and gamma radiation. No idea what that means but there ya go

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    • bob_omb_battlefield@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Beta is an electron, gamma is a photon (and alpha is a helium nucleus)

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• PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Almost certainly. But I’m not going to eat thousands of bananas in a day.

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  • kambusha@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s like, $10,000!

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    • axexrx@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Go watch a star war!

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