Scientists: contamination leading to abnormalities [View All]

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There are recent signs that chemicals in Taiwan's increasingly polluted environment may disrupt endocrine systems in human and wildlife populations, researchers said yesterday.

At an international conference on environmental hormones and what's known as "persistent organic pollutants," Lee Ching-chang (§õ«T¼ý), director of the Research Center for Environmental Trace Toxic Substances at National Cheng Kung University, reported his investigation on the levels and spatial distribution of toxic chemicals in 21 main rivers, four international harbors and 17 fishing ports in the country.

"We found that levels of total mercury in the sediment and fish samples of two rivers were higher than the rest. The sources have yet to be identified," Lee said.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/11/13/2003210851

Better send Neil 'Slut' Bush to go slap these Taiwanese up the head. More reports like this coming out of Taibei they're going to find Chen has become Saddam's brother.