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[โ€“] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] angrystego@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

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