Re:Banana Equivalent Dose
by charcircuit on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @04:04AM
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I have no clue how safe bananas are to eat so this metric is meaningless to me.
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Re:Banana Equivalent Dose
by rafael09ed on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @04:11AM
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> the "banana equivalent dose" [is] "very useful in attempting to explain infinitesimal doses (and corresponding infinitesimal risks) to members of the public"
Re:Banana Equivalent Dose
by cultureswitch on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @07:21AM
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It's not though, unless you have a strong a priori belief that eating a banana is safe with respect to radiation.
Who doesn't have a strong a priori belief that bananas are safe to eat?
You clearly fell for BigBanana's propaganda.
More seriously -- challenging "US standard" dietary norms often leads to fruitful discussions of nutrition and how off-optimal most "common sense" tends to be.
Re:Banana Equivalent Dose
by throwaway744678 on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @04:09AM
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Sample size of one: I have eaten bananas, and I'm not dead.
Just think of all the lunatics living next to banana plantations! Or having banana trees in their back yard.
And their children playing under those trees!!
Monsters!
Re:Banana Equivalent Dose
by agentgumshoe on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @08:15AM
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Ah for the old days where you only had to worry about the wafts of DDT floating over the fence!
Re:Banana Equivalent Dose
by el_don_almighty on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @08:04AM
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Everyone who ate bananas in this video are dead...
New York City 1900