Although many say the report is well done, the exercise largely depended on modeling of radiation doses rather than on direct measurements of population exposures, and the data were often sub-optimal. (scientificamerican.com)
That obligation, combined with the education and training he received by participating in the Health Board's environmental health program, convinced Carlisle that Church Rock Chapter needed to conduct its own environmental monitoring to generate new data that would be used to estimate population exposures, plan future health studies, and most important, determine if lands currently occupied and those slated for residential development - like Springstead - are safe for human habitation. (sric.org)
«We find that US population exposure to extreme heat increases fourfold to sixfold over observed levels in the late 20th century, and that changes in population are as important as changes in climate in driving this outcome,» they report. (climatenewsnetwork.net)