Your Kitchen Counter Is More Of A Radiation Threat Than Fukushima

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Tony Heller

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7 Responses to Your Kitchen Counter Is More Of A Radiation Threat Than Fukushima

  1. Dave N says:
    March 30, 2011 at 5:41 am

    If that bowl were full of bananas, you’d probably receive more radiation than from the benchtop:

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

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  2. AndyW says:
    March 30, 2011 at 6:05 am

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12903072

    I’d rather be in my kitchen eating a banana, if you guys want to go to the nuclear plant to do a bit of swimming, feel free !

    😀
    Andy

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  3. Maurizio Morabito says:
    March 30, 2011 at 9:12 am

    how much uranium in Uranus?

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  4. jcrabb says:
    March 30, 2011 at 10:04 am

    I’m all for a swim at the Fukushima pools, sounds like the water is warm.

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  5. Jim Cole says:
    March 30, 2011 at 3:03 pm

    Radioactive hot springs used to be promoted as health spas – some still are.

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  6. Bruce says:
    March 30, 2011 at 10:15 pm

    Dirt in the backyard has more uranium in it (~2 ppm) than a good gold mine has gold in it. True.

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