"I come in here for a good time and right away you start bustin' my bananas!"
A friend often said he wished radioactivity could be colored pink so people could see it; then, hopefully, they wouldn’t freak out so easily about it.
"I come in here for a good time and right away you start bustin' my bananas!"
As the news about the battle at Fukushima continues, and is likely to do so for some time to come, I plan to revisit this thread from time to time for perspective.
(Scan down at least the first page of comments for additional information about the radioactivity of bananas)
One excellent way of sequestering banana radiation is by putting sliced banana into a mixture of flour, sugar, water and oil and subjecting the blend to high heat for a short period of time. When made in large batches and put into kilogram-size wrapped parcels they can be shipped to many individuals for safe storage, reducing the risk of terrorist’s acquisition of large quantities of the resource.
Many studies have been done on this concept, and early studies resulted in the discovery of a replacement for expensive sandbags or concrete blocks for construction, affectionately called “fruitcake”. (unlike its impractical cousin “yellowcake”, “fruitcake” has an unlimited shelf life)
(From DJ at the link)
My gawd, man, you 1) used numbers and 2) Greek letters in your explanations.
Further, you required a couple of steps of comparative logic in order to understand the risks.
How the heck do you expect all the marshmallow major lib arts and even lower ranked teachers to understand all that?
From what source were the Japanese readings obtained? All I have been able to find are hysterically qualitative statements i.e. “soaring.” Those who would lead us back to the stone age are having a field day!
Watt's up with that - The average radiologic profile of bananas is 3520 picocuries per kg, or roughly 520 picocuries per 150g banana. The equivalent dose for 365 bananas (one per day for a year) is 3.6 millirems (36 μSv).After the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, the NRC detected radioactive iodine in local milk at levels of 20 picocuries/liter, a dose much less than one would receive from ingesting a single banana. Thus a 12 fl oz glass of the slightly radioactive milk would have about 1/75th BED (banana equivalent dose).
It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!!!!11!!
