Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Radio Active Bananas and such...

Okay so I was watching NCIS tonight and I heard something about bananas having a radioactive signature. I was wondering why this was. I thought to my self, I am never eating bananas again. Turns out that the potassium is slightly radioactive. So here was the situation on NCIS. A nuclear weapon was stolen, and the best way to smuggle it past the geiger counters was to hide it in a truckload of bananas to give a false positive, so it could be effectively hidden. Bananas are radioactive....watch out!
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3 comments:

  1. Jennifer WehrliFebruary 20, 2011 at 5:52 PM

    now THAT is crazy! who would have thought?

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  2. Katie FrizzellMarch 2, 2011 at 5:30 PM

    I'm loving the NCIS reference! That is crazy that bananas are radioactive.

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  3. Dr. FaithMarch 18, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    Anything living is slightly radioactive, since 14C is a radioactive element. This is how carbon dating is done, because the 14C decomposes over time.

    I wouldn't worry about any radioactivity in your bananas. It isn't even close to the same level as a Uranium reactor or anything like that. =)

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