why are bananas radioactive?

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home run chippa

the sun is a nuclear reactor, it's pumping out tons of radiation

Banana trees have big leaves, so they absorb a lot of that radiation.

>>8649445
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium-40

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>>8649445
> Bananas are slightly radioactive because they contain potassium and potassium decays.

Some other foods are radioactive as well. Pic related.

lol, bananas aren't radioactive.
i have been eating these for my whole live and i never got cancer.

>>8649546
They are radioactive when they're fresh, which is why they're green (poisonous and radioactive).
They then turn yellow which means they're only radioactive.
Once they start to get brown spots the radio activity in that area has been depleted and they're safe to eat/

>>8649546

Not all types and quantities of radiation will give you cancer. See the fake facts thread.

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could we theoretically make a nuke from bananas?

>>8649566
This was the plot in Planet of the Apes

Well, you're radioactive in the same way so it's probably nothing to worry about.

>>8649555
>They are radioactive when they're fresh, which is why they're green (poisonous and radioactive).
>They then turn yellow which means they're only radioactive.
oh fuck.

>>8649566
>Top African physicists from around the continent gather around to research banana fission

>>8649445
Hold on, this is news to me because I eat a shit ton of bananas. Are you telling me I could get cancer because of that?

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Do banana phones give off twice the amount of radiation?

>>8649445
bananas are high in potassium and are grown at low latitudes, plus residual nuclear test radiation.

>>8649445
anything organic is radioactive

>>8650028
No. Well, anything *might* cause cancer but it's an immeasurably small increased risk.

>>8650061
The part where you listen had been made radiopassive, so it's safe to use them.

>tfw eat at least one banana every day
superpowers here i come.

Lrn2potass-ur-ass fgt pls

wtf I hate kalium now

>>8649546
>lol, bananas aren't radioactive.

Learn you some science.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose

>>8649445
Because
e v e r y t h i n g
is radioactive