Comment on If eating a banana is ~0.1μSv, then what is holding a banana for an hour?
CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Bananas are not radioactive enough to meaningfully increase cancer risk in any quantity.
Intensity of radiation falls according to the inverse square law. Because bananas take up space it’s not possible to have enough bananas close enough to you to irradiate you.
Not to mention the fact that there’s a growing body of evidence that elevated radiation exposure can, to a point, decrease cancer risk.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
That makes sense, its like overdosing on pot.
The last bit about radiation decreasing cancer risk in low (but still elevated) doses seems pretty suspect though. Where did you find that research?
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
Low level DNA damage activates a more robust DNA damage repair. But it is a fine line between protection and tumor triggering.
CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Kyle Hill Video Regarding LNT
It wasn’t just that video where I saw it, but it’s the easiest thing to quickly find and he has a fairly robust sources list in the description.