First, here is a link to a map of a few dozen independent radiation monitoring stations. You can click to see the radiation measurements in real time.
http://bit.ly/ep3BJN
(For easier to understand info read this: http://bit.ly/e0jB9R)
Second, back in school we talked about the "Banana Equivalent Dose." You see, bananas contain a lot of potassium, and a certain amount of the Earth's potassium is slightly radioactive. Eating a banana will expose you to about 0.1 microSv. Currently radiation levels in Tokyo are about the same exposure as eating 1.5 bananas.
I don't want to make light of the seriousness of the situation, but there is no radiation danger for those of us in Tokyo.
Tim
4 comments:
Is there radioactive caesium and strontium in bananas?
That's no ordinary banana!
JT: there is naturally radioactive potassium-40 in bananas, which by anti-nuclear propaganda standards of half-life should be more scary than caesium and strontium!
Natural potassium-40 has a half-life of 1,248,000,000 years, compared to only about 30 years for strontium and caesium!
Totally agree
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