On 20/08/2014 10:47, Nightjar "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote:
On 20/08/2014 10:42, John Williamson wrote:
On 20/08/2014 08:46, harryagain wrote:
That was done when it was realised that the effects of radiation are
cumulative.


And before they worked out that the radiation from betalights was
negligible unless you ate one.

I poked a geiger counter at one when I was at school. Nothing more than
normal background radiation was shown until the counter was almost
touching the unit. If you're worried about radiation, don't eat bananas.

... or Brazil nuts.

What is the Banana Equivalent Dose of a brazil nut?

Don't bother, I'll look it up...

1.875.

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Tciao for Now!

John.