What about being around 10000 bananas for 8 hours? Are people on banana plantations at significantly higher risk of cancer?

Come mista tally man
Tally me tumours
Daylight come and me need to go hospital 😔

  • CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Bananas are not radioactive enough to meaningfully increase cancer risk in any quantity.

    Intensity of radiation falls according to the inverse square law. Because bananas take up space it’s not possible to have enough bananas close enough to you to irradiate you.

    Not to mention the fact that there’s a growing body of evidence that elevated radiation exposure can, to a point, decrease cancer risk.

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      13 hours ago

      That makes sense, its like overdosing on pot.

      The last bit about radiation decreasing cancer risk in low (but still elevated) doses seems pretty suspect though. Where did you find that research?