The nation’s economic development is taking a heavy toll on the environment. Rivers are polluted and the air is filled with carcinogens. The ecosystem is fast becoming an environment that can hardly sustain life. Over the past 30 years, cancer has become the leading cause of death in the nation, with lung cancer causing the most of deaths. Clearly, Taiwan’s environment is filthy. Two weeks ago, the WHO released a report that said smoked sausage, bacon and burger patties that carried a variety of chemical preservatives are all carcinogenic, no different from cigarettes, alcohol, asbestos and arsenic.
