environmental pathway meaning

• noun
    A route by which a radionuclide in the environment can reach man

• pathway:    Noun: pathway  ...
• environmental:    Adjective: environ ...
• afferent pathway:    [Medicine]Nerve st ...

Examples

1. evaporation is a significant environmental pathway.
2. But it said the evidence " would rather lie in the environmental pathways by which radiation reaches the body rather than in the quantitative aspect of the releases ."
3. Mandsford,-Atmoz 74 . 47 . 194 . 235 Erwin85Bot, I am a professional geologist, and this is an organization of simple common knowledge into an environmental pathway.