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Potassium Food Guide > Fruit & Fruit Juices Low potassium 150 mg or less per serving Fruits Serving size Potassium (mg) Applesauce ½ cup 91 Apricot raw 1 fruit 91 Blackberries raw ½ cup 117 Blueberries raw ½ cup 57 Figs dried 2 figs 114 Fruit cocktail heavy syrup ½ cup 109 Grapes 10 grapes 94 Lemon 1 fruit 116 Mango ½ cup pieces 139

Typical potassium-40 activity of soil is 20 pCi/g Radiation dose from K-40 in soil is 10 mrem/year Soil cleanup standards for K-40 are 28 pCi/g for a dose limit of 15 mrem/y 0 013 pCi/g for a risk limit of 10-6 (EPA data) K-40 in human body is 100000 pCi = 1 5 pCi/g Dose is 40 mrem/year

Aug 9 2002 · Specific activity (picocuries of potassium-40 per gram of potassium) = 818 pCi/g 1 picocurie (pCi) = one trillionth part of a curie = 0 000000000001 curie Potassium (mg) Item Serving or Item Size (g) Potassium Content (g-K/g) Potassium-40 concentration (pCi/g) Potassium-40 content (pCi/serving) Dairy Products 1 5 - 1 3

Know your potassium percentages: Ingredients are listed Low: 3 = 100 mg or less in order by weight with Medium: 3 –6 = 101–200 mg the item of the most High: 6 –9 = 201–300 mg weight listed first If Very High: 9 = 300 mg or more potassium chloride is in the ingredient list it 2018 National Kidney Foundation Inc

Potassium-40 is a naturally occurring radioactive isotope of potassium (An isotope is a different form of an element that has the same number of protons in the nucleus but a different number of neutrons ) Two stable (nonradioactive) isotopes of potassium exist potassium-39 and potassium-41

Potassium is a very important nutrient that lives in the cells in your body and has a lot of jobs to perform Potassium helps your heart beat regularly controls blood pressure balances fluid (do you ever feel bloated?) helps muscles to move (let’s go walk the dog) and sends nerve signals throughout the body (don’t touch that hot stove!)