What If You Drank Radioactive Tritium
Tritium is a mysterious, glowing element found in air and water. Imagine consuming this radioactive isotope. Could your body power a nuclear reactor? What would happen to your DNA, and would you glow in the dark?
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Timeline
00:00:What If You Drank Radioactive Tritium?
00:48:What is tritium?
02:24:Consuming the isotope
03:39:Eating phosphorus-rich food
04:16:Could you generate power?
04:52:Could it already be inside you?