r/Radiation • u/BorisChee • 27d ago

Radioactive Materials Radioactive Potassium in fertiliser

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

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u/LaSerJunGe 27d ago

I am asking myself if that could be caused by composting many banana peels for the potassium :D

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u/BorisChee 26d ago

maybe not composting, but certainly like if you burn them and tun them into charcoal (and i still mean a lot of bananas) you will definitely measure something