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Hey there! Welcome to Life Noggin! Wow that's a lot of bees!? Well this is good, we need to save the bees! Okay!
大家好！欢迎来到脑洞大开的生命奇想！哇，这有好多蜜蜂！太好了，我们需要拯救这些蜜蜂。
Radiation can be pretty terrifying. We've all heard the stories of what happened in places like Chernobyl and the dangers of nuclear fallout.
辐射可能会非常可怕。我们都听说过切尔诺贝利这样的地方发生的事情以及核放射性沉降的危害。
But what if you weren't just in a place like that, but actually ate something that was radioactive?
但是如果你并没有出现在一个有核辐射的地方，而是吃了某些有放射性的食物呢？
Well, this may sound a bit surprising, but you probably already have… at least to some extent.
这个听起来可能让人有点惊讶，但是或许你已经吃过有放射性的食物了，至少在一定程度上说是的。
That's because many of the foods that you eat are actually radioactive.
这是因为在你吃的食物中其实有很多都是有放射性的。
This can happen in a bunch of different ways -- radioactive materials in the soil can get into your crops,
食物可通过一些不同的方式获得放射性，土壤中的放射性物质可能会进到你吃的农作物当中。
and fish and shellfish can pick it up from the water they're swimming in or the seafloor.
鱼类和贝壳类动物可从其游泳的水域或者海底中获得放射性。
Radioactive materials can even get into your water.
甚至，放射性物质可能进入到你的生活用水中。
Radiation can also sometimes show up in your food after you humans perform nuclear tests and discharge radioactive materials into the environment.
在你们人类进行核试验并向环境中排放放射性物质之后，辐射有时也会出现在你们的食品中。
And you can find some of the more radioactive foods as you're strolling around your local grocery store.
当你在当地的杂货店闲逛时，你会发现一些放射性更强的食物。
These may include bananas, which can contain a radioactive isotope called potassium40, and brazil nuts,
这其中可能包括香蕉，香蕉可能会含有一种叫做钾40的放射性同位素，还有巴西坚果，
which can have radium levels over 1000 times what you might see in other foods.
它的镭含量是其他食物的1000倍以上。
And it's not just food and water. Some amounts of radiation can be found all around you.
不仅仅是食物和水中可能有辐射。在你的周围也可以发现一定量的辐射。
It can even be in the air that you breathe. But before you get all worried and start walking around in a Hazmat suit, this isn't as bad as it sounds.
它甚至可以存在于你呼吸的空气中。但在你开始担心并穿上防护服四处走动之前，这并不像听起来那么糟糕。
The radiation we're talking about here isn't on the same level of what comes along with atomic bombs and nuclear fallout.
我们在这里讨论的辐射水平与原子弹和核放射性沉降水平不同。
So then what if you were to take a bite of food that was way more radioactive?
那么如果你吃一口放射性更强的食物呢?
Something with more dangerous levels than what we just talked about. Maybe some food that was affected by nuclear fallout.
这些食物比我们刚才讨论的更危险。也许是受核放射性沉降影响的食物。
While it can be hard to tell for certain what it would do to you,
虽然很难确定这些食物会对你产生什么影响，
we can get an idea of what might happen by looking at the effects that consuming radioactive material like that has on other animals.
我们可以通过观察像这样消耗放射性物质对其他动物的影响来了解可能会发生什么。
Let's look at a 2014 study done on the biological impacts of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in Japan.
让我们看看一个关于2014年日本福岛第一核电站事故对生物影响的研究。
In this study, researchers wanted to know what would happen if larvae of the pale blue grass butterfly consumed leaves that were tainted by radioactive materials,
在这项研究中，研究人员想知道浅蓝色草蝴蝶的幼虫吞食了经放射性物质污染的树叶后，会发生什么。
In this case radioactive cesium, that they collected from the polluted localities.
研究人员在有污染的地方收集了放射性铯元素，
When the larvae were fed the leaves, mortality and abnormality rates sharply went up at low doses in response to the cesium that they were ingesting.
当幼虫食用树叶后，低剂量的铯摄入会导致死亡率和异常率急剧上升。
So basically, it wasn't good. The researchers also concluded that, at least for the pale blue grass butterfly,
所以基本上来说这很不好。研究人员也总结说，
it was realistic for them to have a polluted diet after something like a nuclear power plant accident,
在核电站事故后，那里生物的饮食受到污染是很自然的，至少对浅蓝草蝴蝶是这样的，
and that the same could likely be said for other organisms living in the polluted area.
对于生活在污染地区的其它生物来说，情况可能也是如此。
Again, not that great of news. So like these butterflies, your mortality and abnormality rates could go up after eating highly radioactive food.
这也不是什么好消息。就像这些蝴蝶一样，你在食用高放射性食物后，死亡率和异常率可能也会上升。
And according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, one way radium can enter your body is if it is swallowed.
并且根据美国有毒物质和疾病登记处的规定，镭进入你身体的一种方式是吞食。
If this happens, some of it can enter the blood stream and be carried to other parts of your body, like your bones!
如果发生这种情况，那么其中一些镭会进入你的血液，然后会传输到你身体的其它部位，比如你的骨头!
And if you are exposed to high levels of radium over a long period of time, it can result in things like anemia, cataracts, fractured teeth, or even cancer.
如果你长时间接触高水平的镭，它会导致贫血、白内障、牙齿断裂，甚至癌症等后果。
So all in all, you're probably fine to keep munching on those brazil nuts and bananas
所以，总而言之，如果你继续大吃那些巴西坚果和香蕉的话，你可能没什么事。
Or if you're like Triangle Bob, I guess eat a giant thing of radioactive waste? Don't do that.
或者像三角鲍勃一样吃些放射性废弃物？别吃。
He shouldn't be doing that. You guys don't do that either.
他不应该吃放射性废弃物的，你也不应该吃这东西的。
Where you surprised to hear any of this? Let me know in the comment section below, or tell us, what should we talk about next?
听到这些东西后，什么是让你感到惊讶的？请在下方评论区告诉我们吧，或者告诉我们下期应该讨论些什么。
Have you seen our new series Dear Blocko? I answer a bunch of your questions about the world around you and my world! Check it out!
你看了我们的新栏目“亲爱的宝高了吗”？在那个节目中我们回答了一系列关于人类和我们的世界的问题！去看看吧！
Vince asks What happens if you get rabies? If a person gets rabies, it can be pretty serious. That's because it's a viral infection that can affect your nervous system.
文斯问如果一个人得了狂犬病，会发生什么？如果一个人得了狂犬病，情况是非常严重的。因为狂犬病是一种可以影响你神经系统的病毒传染。
As always, my name is Blocko, this has been Life Noggin, don't forget to keep on thinking!
我是宝高，这里是脑洞大开的生命奇想。思考不要停！
