廢3C的旅行(四)The pollution of Er-ren River
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Between 1960s and 1980s, Taiwan was actually the world’s largest metal scrap yard. At the time, tens of thousands living along the Er-ren(二仁) River in Tainan(台南) all started their own metal processing plants extracting precious metals from scraps by using acid baths and incineration. Thus, heavy metals and dioxins produced went right out into the environment without any sort of containment measures. Though 20 years have passed, the toxins still remain in the surrounding area.
1960到1980年代，台灣曾經是全世界最大的廢五金拆解中心，當時台南二仁溪沿岸數萬居民投入廢五金工業，業者露天燃燒和強酸，提煉貴重金屬，因此產生的戴奧辛和重金屬汙染，沒有任何防治措施，直接排放空氣和河川，危害當地居民的健康，也讓生態遭受浩劫，如今二十多年過去了，二仁溪還是中度汙染的河川。
