Daily Archives: January 28, 2014


Vaguely Interesting Snippets | 28 January 2014 Bananas are radioactive The world’s favourite fruit is a natural source of radioactive isotopes. It is used to demonstrate and reassure people on exposure to radiation by a measurement known as the ‘banana equivalent dose’. Flying from New York to London will give you a BED of 500 – you’d have to eat 500 bananas to get an equivalent […]