Wikipedia:
Potassium-40 is a rare example of an isotope that undergoes both types of beta decay. In about 89.28% of events it decays to calcium-40 (40Ca) with emission of a beta particle (β−, an electron) with a maximum energy of 1.31 MeV and an antineutrino. In about 10.72% of events it decays to argon-40 (40Ar) by electron capture (EC), with the emission of a neutrino and then a 1.460 MeV gamma ray.
You don't think that beta particles or gamma rays emitted within your body can f*ck up your cellular metabolism or mess with your DNA?
Regards,
He’s a Q-tard. That should be enough information on his factual view of the world.
“You don’t think that beta particles or gamma rays emitted within your body can f*ck up your cellular metabolism or mess with your DNA?
Regards, “
Do you actually realize how small the dose of one banana is?
Energy level of matters. Ironically, lower energy causes more DNA damage than higher energy. Likened to high speed bullet passing through body as opposed to low speed bullet bouncing around off ribs and crossing through DNA more times - more damage.
That’s the key flaw in the dosimetry equations used by energy industry - it ignores whether you are calculating for bananas or uranium. There’s a significant medical difference, but their calculations don’t factor that in so I’ve seen calculations for bananas compared with radiation exposure.
Anyone can buy as many bananas as they want - but try to buy a few grams of radioactive Uranium and there’s a “problem.”