The China Post
Date: October 3, 2016
By: Sun Hsin Hsuan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Students from Ciaotou Elementary School’s Syucuo branch in the shadow of
The Sixth Naphtha Refinery is seen from the coastline of Taishi District in Yunlin County on Sept. 22. (Sun Hsin Hsuan, The China Post)
Formosa Plastic’s largest petrochemicals complex have been relocated four times in four years.
Parents protesting the central government’s decision to move the students over pollution fears have drawn national attention.
The story dominated national headlines from late August until early September, with experts from various fields opining on the matter.
But parents have described the evidence for the move as relying on “one man’s story.”
The furor was calmed by the government agreeing to second round of sample collection.
The parents wish to prove that results from a report conducted between 2013 and the middle of this year were solid. [FULL STORY]