[ RadSafe ] Go Figure: What bananas tell us about radiation

[Joel C.]

That is: your body stabilizes the amount of potassium it contains.  So taking in more K (and K-40) merely turns over the K.  It doesn't add to it.


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Except we know that k / K-40 regulation in the body is not as implied ;)

Still helpful perhaps for some!