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RobertEarl

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44. A banana expert?

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:19 PM

Jan 2014

Quote from paleotn:
"Seriously, do you know how much background radiation you receive from simply eating bananas (potassium 40), brazil nuts (radium 226 and potassium 40) or lima beans (potassium 40)?"

No, I don't know how much k40 (potassium 40) is in a banana. Obviously you do. Why not share that with us?

I have heard that the amount of k40 in a banana is about 0.01 percent, which is not a lot, eh? So, I eagerly await your data and science that backs up your fearmongering as concerns bananas.

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Shock as sardines vanish off California - the entire Pacific coast - NOAA: We don’t know why [View all] bananas Jan 2014 OP

on to the next feed-stock for the Soylent factories phantom power Jan 2014 #1

But it has nothing to do with Fukishema... zeemike Jan 2014 #2

Agreed yorokmok Jan 2014 #7

Maybe there we just a lot of pizzas ordered underpants Jan 2014 #8

Anchovies. ANCHOVIES! OnyxCollie Jan 2014 #10

Oh underpants Jan 2014 #19

I eat a tin of anchovies and a tin of smoked oysters for breakfast every day. OnyxCollie Jan 2014 #21

You know you don't do that. loudsue Jan 2014 #49

Fisheries off Japan aren't having similar problems. jeff47 Jan 2014 #13

no problems off japans coast? questionseverything Jan 2014 #24

One fish is not an entire fishery. jeff47 Jan 2014 #26

more from the article questionseverything Jan 2014 #29

You should try actually reading posts jeff47 Jan 2014 #32

Is this sarcasm? another_liberal Jan 2014 #30

That post was not mine, but it still wasn't Fukushima jeff47 Jan 2014 #35

Your logic does seem convincing . . . another_liberal Jan 2014 #36

Japan has sardines fisheries too. (nt) jeff47 Jan 2014 #38

in 2012 questionseverything Jan 2014 #45

Yes, but the fishery is still there. jeff47 Jan 2014 #46

Yes it is sarcasm zeemike Jan 2014 #47

Is everyone afraid to mention the word "pollution"? gtar100 Jan 2014 #3

You nailed it. Must never mention business. Blinders on! n/t freshwest Jan 2014 #15

The Domino Effect of Overfishing on Ocean Habitat: Many Species at Risk dixiegrrrrl Jan 2014 #4

K&R DeSwiss Jan 2014 #5

k and r --bookmarking for later reading. niyad Jan 2014 #6

This article suggests that the phenomena is not new nor unexpected grantcart Jan 2014 #9

You win the thread. Greed and overfishing, followed by protestations of 'IDK why! Help!' n/t freshwest Jan 2014 #16

Big Problem with that RobertEarl Jan 2014 #34

There is absolutely no scientific problem with the explanation, grantcart Jan 2014 #42

You bring up a good point RobertEarl Jan 2014 #43

This article is pegging my BS meter clayton72 Jan 2014 #11

This AP article? bananas Jan 2014 #18

I think this is a lie MyNameGoesHere Jan 2014 #12

Radiation, Japan, fish decline packman Jan 2014 #14

The sardines Berlin Expat Jan 2014 #22

Unbelievable, only one thread even mentions Fukishima! WORLDWIDE blackout of obvious cause. joanbarnes Jan 2014 #17

beause it has happened before and the reason is well known. grantcart Jan 2014 #20

with nuclear power questionseverything Jan 2014 #27

No one is saying radiation is good..... paleotn Jan 2014 #31

A banana expert? RobertEarl Jan 2014 #44

Seems reading comprehension.... paleotn Jan 2014 #48

So, you'll quit with the BED bullshit? RobertEarl Jan 2014 #52

If Fukishima is the cause, why have fisheries off Japan not collapsed? jeff47 Jan 2014 #33

They quit fishing off the coast of Japan RobertEarl Jan 2014 #37

Hey Robert! Looks like your time-traveling radiation took out another fishery jeff47 Jan 2014 #39

As usual you have no data RobertEarl Jan 2014 #41

Please stop posting crap from ENE as if it's a legitimate source of information. I am sick ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2014 #23

Nothing to do with Fukashima.... paleotn Jan 2014 #25

Wasn't there an enormous sardine cluster in Monterey Bay in the fall? Arugula Latte Jan 2014 #28

It is of note that Cs was high the last time the stock crashed RobertEarl Jan 2014 #40

Guess you missed these parts...... paleotn Jan 2014 #50

No. Didn't miss it RobertEarl Jan 2014 #53

Facts can sometimes help .... but it depends on posters intent ... MindMover Jan 2014 #51

Intent, indeed RobertEarl Jan 2014 #54

To make informed factual posts ... so to avoid MindMover Jan 2014 #56

What is absurd RobertEarl Jan 2014 #57

I will leave the absurdities to the absurd ... as for denial ... MindMover Jan 2014 #59

My defensive platitudes RobertEarl Jan 2014 #60

Skeptoid doesn't understand entropy bananas Jan 2014 #58

Here's the problem, mm RobertEarl Jan 2014 #62

These scientists aren't cognizant of the devastating oceanic ecosystem effects of kestrel91316 Jan 2014 #55

I'm sure it's nothing. Enthusiast Jan 2014 #61

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