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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cherenkov: The blue raspberry of nuclear radiation

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That moment when you take a drag of your Blue Raspberry vape and the dosimeter next to you maxes out.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Adding more radiation to tobacco. Sure.

But slightly serious here. The actual mechanism of about 75% of tobacco related cancer, is the fact that tobacco leaves bioaccumulate natural radioactive elements from the soil.

If you smoke, you have radioactive lead and polonium in your lungs.