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? For the full transcript and sources, visit What If Show. Questions or concerns? Contact us. Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book: The What If 100 Book. Join our channel for exclusive perks: YouTube Membership. Explore our other channels: How to Survive Aperture Crazy Creatures Your Body On Origins of Food Versus WTF Did I Just Watch Watch more What If scenarios: Planet Earth The Cosmos Technology Your Body Humanity Buy T-shirts and merch: What If Store. Suggest an episode: Suggest What If. Newsletter: What If Newsletter. Connect with us on social media: Instagram Discord Twitter Facebook Watch What If in different languages: Spanish Mandarin Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto: Underknown 00:00: What If You Drank Radioactive Tritium?00:48: What is tritium?02:24: Consuming the isotope03:39: Eating phosphorus-rich food04:16: Could you generate power?04:52: Could it already be inside you? #tritium #radioactive #isotope #nuclearreactor #DNA #glowinthedark #radiation #nuclear See show notes: https://inlet.fm/what-if-science-theories-possibilities/episodes/681d8618e64c4b83e7e5176d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices