Many thousands of our people have died early because of their exposure to radioactive fallout.
And banks have come under pressure to raise more capital in part because of their exposure to dubious government paper.
Almost all of them saw improvements in the students' academic performance because of their exposure to chess.
Programmers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are considered more sophisticated than their peers elsewhere in the region because of their exposure to Israel's technology.
Firefighters for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection were exempted from random drug tests for three months because of their exposure to the marijuana cloud.
Recently, news that major investment banks have lost billions of dollars because of their exposure to bad subprime loans has sent Wall Street reeling.
Australian thermal coalmines are some of the riskiest in the world for investors because of their exposure to environmental dangers, according to a report from Oxford University.
But David Hale, a longtime Fed watcher, noted that at least two German banks needed to be rescued last month because of their exposure to American mortgages.
Mr. Henderson on Tuesday played down the letter, saying that GMAC and other lenders are clearly struggling because of their exposure to the subprime mortgage lending market.
The report also notes that Fiji and Samoa are often affected by extreme weather because of their exposure to the south Pacific tropical cyclone season.
The North American companies ranked so low in part because of their exposure to tar sands, particularly in Canada, and their lack of investment in conventional gas.
