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Well let's start with what is an environmental standard and then progess to its importance.

Nature is organic and prior to human intervention a cyclical, self-sustaining system. When we had the human element to a environmental system we tend to make it unbalanced (normal function of cycle is interrupted/stopped/damaged). Environmental standards are set to attempt to minimize this interruption. An example would be a industrial plant that uses the local lake as coolant. If the plant was dumping excessive waste water or raising the temperature of the lake beyond the threshold of the animals living within the lake, much of the habitat would be killed off. By setting, limitations (standards) the industrial plant would know what could safely be dumped and or expect fines for not adhering the the standards.

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