It's not that no one cares. After the Homei incident burst on the scene, many Lukang farmers thought to themselves: We're at the tail end of the rivers, and might be even more seriously off than those in Homei upriver. So they said, "We also want a chemical analysis to find out."
不是沒有人有反應，「和美事件」發生後，鹿港有農民心想，我們的田在「水尾」，可能會比「水頭」的彰化縣和美鎮嚴重，就說：「我們也拿去化驗看看！」