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Science 13 September 2002:
Vol. 297. no. 5588, pp. 1800 - 1801
DOI: 10.1126/science.297.5588.1800
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ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY:
Radioecology's Coming of Age--or Its Last Gasp?

Richard Stone

MONTE CARLO, MONACO--A group of rebel radioecologists contends that efforts to protect humans from radioactive contamination have short-changed the environment. But some experts are balking at their calls for a radical new approach that would protect nonhuman species as well. More contentious still are the potential implications of the approach for the regulation of dumping radioactive waste in the sea.

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