pollution standards

collocation in English

meaningsofpollutionandstandard

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pollution
noun[U]
uk
/pəˈluː.ʃən/us
/pəˈluː.ʃən/
damage caused to water, air, etc. by harmful substances ...
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standard
adjective
uk
/ˈstæn.dəd/us
/ˈstæn.dɚd/
usual rather than special, especially when thought of as being correct ...
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(Definition ofpollutionandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In many cases pollution standards involve a social as well as a scientific judgment.
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Why should the reports compiled by the vehicle certification agency on the safety and pollution standards of new models of cars be kept secret?
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I well understand the call for higher safety and pollution standards.
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Our standards are not always higher, whether one looks at some aspects of financial services or pollution standards in cars.
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He also regulated how much those companies could pollute and closed plants that did not meet state pollution standards.
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Fossil fuel vehicle efficiency and pollution standards take years to filter through a nation's fleet of vehicles.
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New efficiency and pollution standards rely on the purchase of new vehicles, often as the current vehicles already on the road reach their end-of-life.
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Governments spent millions of dollars, and created departments and pollution standards.
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The central government intervened and initiated a campaign to clean up the lake, setting a deadline to comply with pollution standards.
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And it meets present federal pollution standards without modification.
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