Whenever the nuclear industry wants to justify itself, it always says there's radiation in fruit. Didn't they put it there through their practices?
2007-01-25 11:54:03 · 3 answers · asked by weely 1 in Environment
fruit absorbs radiation naturally.
2007-01-26 03:40:57 · answer #1 · answered by Christmas Light Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Several naturally occurring radioactive isotopes have always been a part of our food chain. Carbon-14, for example, is created in the upper atmosphere as a result of cosmic radiation interacting with Nitrogen-14 (look up Carbon-14 in wikipedia). Potassium-40 is another naturally occurring isotope. The most radioactive food is Brazil nuts, which contain natural Radium.
The average person receives about 300 mRem of radiation annually from natural sources like Radon, Carbon-14, and Potasium-40. The amount of radioactivity that nuclear plants release is minute and adds less than 1mRem to the average individual annual dose.
2007-01-28 15:02:11 · answer #2 · answered by Leonard S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well most of the world's radiation besides the sun,comes from Radon particle decay which is a naturally occurring substance. Carbon 14 is also radioactive which is found in all carbon based live on earth. Its the stuff used in carbon dating because it decays at the atomic level when organisms die. So yes there is radiation in fruit and no it doesn't always come from nuclear power plants.
2007-01-25 20:27:40 · answer #3 · answered by asmidsk@verizon.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋