Re:The NYPD Is Using Mobile X-Ray Vans to Spy on Unknown Tar...
by Retric on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @05:34PM
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No, the banana is radioactive from potassium-40, which your absorbing and spreading throughout your body.
However, you also excrete potassium making the Banana equivalent meaningless as it's calculated by assuming you kept that potassium for 50 years which simply does not happen. AKA you would end up with less than 365 Banana equivalent doses by eating 1 banana a day for 1 year. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose)
However, you also excrete potassium making the Banana equivalent meaningless as it's calculated by assuming you kept that potassium for 50 years which simply does not happen. AKA you would end up with less than 365 Banana equivalent doses by eating 1 banana a day for 1 year. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose)