Article 9 of Japan's Basic Act on Environmental Pollution Control specified environmental quality standards as standards 'recommended to be kept up, so as to protect human health and conserve the living environments.'
Sources
- Compendium of Reference Materials on the Basis for Establishment of Environmental Quality Standards in Japan (nies.go.jp)
- https://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_housei.nsf/html/houritsu/05519670803132.htm (shugiin.go.jp)
- https://www.env.go.jp/policy/hakusyo/s62/6643.html (env.go.jp)
- https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/jap4747.pdf (faolex.fao.org)
- https://policy.asiapacificenergy.org/node/2633 (policy.asiapacificenergy.org)
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