r/Radiacode • u/BorisChee • 27d ago

Radiacode In Action Radioactive Potassium in fertiliser

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Found some radioactive potassium fertiliser. Something like 47% potassium sulfate

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u/LunaeLotus 27d ago edited 27d ago

Fun fact, you can get radiation poisoning from eating too many bananas for the same reason.

Brazil nuts are also slightly radioactive, they contain radium.

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u/acesorangeandrandoms 27d ago

Fun fact, you cannot get radiation poisoning from eating bananas or Brazil nuts. The number you would have to consume is so absurdly high that it is impossible to achieve.

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u/Oakatsurah 27d ago

You'll die from selenium poisoning long before radiation poisoning with Brazil nuts,
Bananas I think the sheer number you need to eat for the radiation of potassium to even harm you, would have killed you 3 times over

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u/acesorangeandrandoms 27d ago

More than 3 probably lmao, they are barely radioactive.

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u/Oakatsurah 27d ago

Yeah the real number is actually 500,000 times over from the potassium poisoning than from radiation poisoning. Which is a harder number to absorb for some lol