The Human & Ecological Risk Assessment Journal conducted a study which focused on the health of individuals living near municipal landfills to see if it would be as harmful as living near hazardous landfills.
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Analysis presented in the international Journal, " Human and Ecological Risk Assessment " found that coal, oil, Liquid petroleum gas and hydroelectric accidents ( primarily due to the Banqiao dam burst ) have resulted in greater economic impacts than nuclear power accidents.
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Scientific knowledge accumulated by the museum serves various public activities, and influences policy makers in areas such as rivers rehabilitation, sustainable utilization of marine resources, fishing policy planning, bio-monitoring, ecological risk assessment, pests control, import and export of agricultural products, biological control, open landscape planning, aviation safety, and health.
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Due to this error, fishery management models and ecological risk assessment models in use around the world were underestimating both the longevity and the age at sexual maturity in shortfin mako sharks, particularly in females, by two-thirds or more ( i . e . 6 years versus 18 + years ), and some of these inaccurate models remain in use.
