By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterCentral Taiwan’s air pollution problems need to be solved scientifically, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) told reporters as he stumped for the Taiwan People’s Party yesterday in Taichung. Ko, chairman of the party, was responding to reporters’ questions about the city’s air quality, which reached “unhealthy” or “very unhealthy” levels on the air quality index over the weekend. However, while the plant’s capacity was reduced to less than 30 percent over the weekend, air pollution was still serious. “Is Taichung Power Plant or the sixth naphtha cracker complex [in Yunlin County] the main cause of air pollution?” Ko said. While millions of people are exposed to long-term air pollution and an increased risk of lung cancer, the government acts as if it can do nothing about it, Ko said.

Source: Taipei Times January 05, 2020 15:56 UTC