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Naturally Radioactive Foods

##EMBED## Common foods that are naturally radioactive include potatoes, bananas, sunflower seeds, many nuts, and kidney beans, among others.  Among these, Brazil nuts are the most radioactive by far at 6600 picocuries per kg or about 1.875 BED (banana equivalent dose). The radium in Brazil nuts does not come from especially high levels of radium in the soil where the […]

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