The economic repercussions could unfold gradually, resulting in a long, slow decline in living standards.
States developed their own air toxics pollution programs in the 1980's, which resulted in different regulations and standards across the country.
This has resulted in the emergence of low flush toilet designs and national standards on water consumption for flushing.
The quest for the optimized mix of processes has resulted in different standards throughout the history.
But critics feared that a wholesale change in the methods of risk assessment would result in dangerously weaker standards.
Patent filings and lawsuits eventually result in technical standards and industry consolidation.
Fuller's vision was that ephemeralization will result in ever-increasing standards of living for an ever-growing population despite finite resources.
This resulted in environmental standards worthy of imitation on other continents.
They may take measures which result in higher standards only if there is a scientific justification for doing so.
His work for three decades has resulted in standards used internationally by government, industry and academia.