Posted on 03/15/2011 9:07:59 AM PDT by LibWhacker
Another way to consider the concept is by comparing the risk from radiation-induced cancer to that from cancer from other sources. For instance, a radiation exposure of 10 mrems (10,000,000,000 picorems) increases your risk of death by about one in one million—the same risk as eating 40 tablespoons of peanut butter, or of smoking 1.4 cigarettes.
Japanese radiation readings:
Monitoring of radiation levels on the spot is ongoing. At point MP4, where a reading of 1,015μSv was detected yesterday, a radiation level of 44.6μSv was recorded at 00:30 this morning, and a level of 36.7μSv at 6:00am. After the start of venting around 9:20, a reading of 76.9μSv was recorded at 9:20 and of 70.3μSv at 9:30.
The radiation spiked up to 30 bananas a day (2 days ago) and then fell back down to 1 to 2 bananas per day.
UPDATE: Unit 2 has had serious damage and radiation levels on the edge of the plant compound briefly spiked at 8217 microsieverts per hour but later fell to about a third that. Normal annual doses for a year will occur in one day.
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).
Well, don’t just stand there ... start running around like a chicken with its head cut off.
400 millisieverts is more than 30 bananas.
More people died at Chappaquiddick than at Three Mile Island.
Neat.
Choices.
i’m a bit confused.
since when are bananas radioactive?
would i get sick sitting next to a pile of 1,000 bananas?
The answer is obvious; bananas should be banned.
Now if we could just get the propaganda machine media to stuff their mouths with bananas instead of the carefully crafted lies fed to them by their masters, and put banana peels over their eyes ...
would i get sick sitting next to a pile of 1,000 bananas?
When you realize people work their whole career working in a banana plantation, you start to understand the difference between measurable radioactivity and meaningful radioactivity.
Whew, those banana pickers and tallymen are safe, since they don’t ingest bananas.
Day-O ......
How many bananas is 8217 microsieverts per hour?
Just curious, but bananas are not my favorite unless it is in a pudding. Can you convert that to pudding? ... and by the way, 40 Tbsp of peanut butter is a LOT OF peanut butter.. gees.
Bananas are radioactive? Makes me glad I don’t like them...
I’ll have what she’s havin’
People who know me, roll their eyes and say, "How much time?"
And, of course, the answer is: "One hour."
bananas, I love them, am I nuking myself to death?
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