Airport Scanners and 12 Must-Know Radiation "Risks"

Sharing Your Bed

Believe it or not, the human body emits radiation. That's because it metabolizes potassium, and the potassium found in bananas and other foods and water contains radioactive as well as non-radioactive atoms.

One year of bedding down with someone else might expose you to 2 millirems, at least 200 times the dose from an airport scanner.

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