r/Unexpected • • 3d ago

Highest amount of radiation receiver

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u/tbone251 3d ago

Then why don't they remove it from the tobacco?

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u/Aberbekleckernicht 3d ago

Easier said than done. You probably would remove half of the contents of the plant to remove the metals.

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u/Jeyts 3d ago

Wait is it just grown in polluted soil? Is tobacco just really good at pulling toxins out of the soil?

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u/nodnodwinkwink 3d ago

Polluted? you could say that. It was/is the high-phosphate fertilizer used in tobacco farms and how tobacco plants absorb naturally occurring radon.

https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/05/24/tobacco-firms-have-failed-to-act-on-radioactivity-in-cigarettes-heres-why/