Children are especially vulnerable to the effects of radiation, in part because they are closer to the ground, where fallout settles and because their bodies absorb and metabolize substances differently, the pediatrics academy said.
They emit ionizing radiation during their decay process and thus increase atmospheric ion density ((n_i)) and electric conductivity ((sigma)), particularly near the ground where radioactive fallout accumulates.
Beryllium can enter the water system through weathering of rocks in ground acquifers, atmospheric fallout on rain water collection systems and industrial and municipal discharges.
But the economic fallout from ground zero has reached uptown, and the much-vaunted new Harlem Renaissance seems to be stalled, or at least slowed.
Obama is still looking pretty strong in this snapshot, but he's lost some ground -- and the fallout from the debate hasn't really registered completely yet.
But since the North Koreans were polite enough to hold their test below ground — thus avoiding spewing fallout everywhere — all of those useful radioactive clues are trapped deep within the Earth.
Cities and towns need decision-making powers commensurate to their increased responsibilities, or they will simply be turned into passive dumping grounds for the toxic fallout of free trade.
The tension with the technology companies follows a run of bad news for Alec which came heavily under fire for its dissemination around the country of stand-your-ground laws in the fallout to the Florida shooting of the black teenager, Trayvon Martin.
The proposal hit a complete bipartisan wall, on the grounds of the economic fallout from increasing the price of oil.
Discrepancies between the amount, location and timing of overhead ash clouds and subsequent ash fallout on the ground may be explained with better ground-truth data on ashfall.
Satellite imagery is most often used to track drifting ash clouds overhead and, occasionally, ash fallout on the ground.
