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Environmental regulations traditionally have been developed to limit pollution emitted to a single environmental medium at a time. This approach has been followed for a variety of reasons—political, legal, and informational, to name a few. However, more efficient environmental management could be achieved if environmental standards were issued simultaneously across all media. In this way multimedia pollutant tradeoffs could be utilized and regulatory uncertainty could be reduced.
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Ryan, D.R. Environmental regulation: A new approach. Environmental Management 6, 95–100 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01871428
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