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Fun Fact Friday!

Bananas are radioactive.

Bananas are a good source of potassium. Potassium-40 (40 K) occurs naturally at 0.01% of all potassium. The EPA states that one banana has 0.01 millirem of radiation which is about 1/100 of the radiation a person is exposed to daily.

Source: Natural Radioactivity in Foods. https://www.epa.gov/radtown/natural-radioactivity-food