NoNukes writes:
Forbes is almost alt-right on some topics. If I am going to quote a Forbes article as fact, I would check it thoroughly. FWIW, the calculations about the radioactivity of the typical banana based on the amount of K40 that is likely present are correct. But the dismissal of the concerns cited in his article are all hand waving.
The author is correct when he states that the amount of radiation leaked into the Pacific is insignificant relative to the amount of radiation we experience on a daily basis.
There is no safe amount of radiation. As best we know, the risk added by sources of radiation are cumulative.
However, when you stack the amount of radiation produced by Fukushima it is dwarfed by the other sources of radiation we experience in our every day lives. We should be as concerned about the radiation released by Fukushima into the Pacific as we are about exposing ourselves to the mid-summer Sun for 30 minutes.