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HOW CONTAMINATED BY RADIATION IS OUR FOOD? SHOULD WE BE WORRIED?

1 Brazil nuts pCi* per pound: 5,500 2 Lima beans pCi per pound: 2,100 3 Bananas pCi per pound: 1,600 4 Potatoes pCi per pound: 1,550 5 Carrots pCi per pound: 1,550 6 Red meat pCi per pound: 1,350 7 Avocados pCi per pound: 1,150 8 Beer pCi per pound: 180 9 Water pCi per pound: 80 10 Peanut butter pCi per pound: 55 *pCi = picocurie, one-trillionth of a curie—a unit of radioactivity. But not to worry: The U.S. government and the European Commission say these levels are well within their guidelines. Consumers would have to ingest more than 1,200 Brazil nuts per day to exceed them.…

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iD (Ideas & Discoveries) (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2018

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