On the other hand, we have received contradicting information from several friends, family and "trusted" sources that there was a threat to our safety and we should stay at home for two days and close the doors and windows to avoid contamination. I consider this fake news, but I am also aware that sometimes governmental agencies delay notifying the public because of political or other reasons. For instance, when there was Chernobyl disaster in 1986, some scientist at one of Polish physics institute had access to Geiger counter. They started to carry over their own measurements of contamination but they were told to stop doing that by the institute authorities that there connected to the Communist Party at that time.

There used to be a similar problem with smog air pollution in my and other European countries. There were some governmental measurements of air pollution but there was also some controversy how they measured air pollution, how frequently they reported it and how they defined safety thresholds. In a response to that problem multiple companies started to produce low-cost devices that you can install at your home to measure air pollution. This provides a source of information independent from governmental agencies.

Is there similar initiative, agencies, companies, etc. that measure radiation pollution in Europe?