Radiation

[drthingy]

given recent events found this interesting. I'm never eating a banana again!

<a class="postlink" href="http://xkcd.com/radiation/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://xkcd.com/radiation/</a>

 

[The Silver Surfer]

Interesting, liked the bit that said,

a cell phone's transmitter does not produce ionizing radiation*, and does not cause cancer.

* Unless its a bananaphone

lol !

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

given recent events found this interesting. I'm never eating a banana again!

<a class="postlink" href="http://xkcd.com/radiation/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://xkcd.com/radiation/</a>

Interesting, thanks, XKCD is a great way of procrastinating in a semi-constructive way.

On the banana thing, don't worry I think you're safe. If I've done my sums correctly then you'd have to eat 4,000,000 bananas in a short space of time to start experiencing symptoms of radiation poisoning. You'd also have to eat 1,000,000 bananas per year to increase your risk of getting cancer, that's just under a banana every 30 seconds for a whole year ;)

I don't like bananas anyway.

 

[pauldominic]

given recent events found this interesting. I'm never eating a banana again!

<a class="postlink" href="http://xkcd.com/radiation/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://xkcd.com/radiation/</a>

Interesting, thanks, XKCD is a great way of procrastinating in a semi-constructive way.

On the banana thing, don't worry I think you're safe. If I've done my sums correctly then you'd have to eat 4,000,000 bananas in a short space of time to start experiencing symptoms of radiation poisoning. You'd also have to eat 1,000,000 bananas per year to increase your risk of getting cancer, that's just under a banana every 30 seconds for a whole year ;)

I don't like bananas anyway.

We had a research contract at BAE called SPAESRANE and I can confirm pilots and cabin crew are radiation workers and higher risk than people who work at coal fired or nuclear power stations.