Although many environmental specialists point to great improvements, the problems of smoke emission, stench and contaminated water are not amenable to swift solution. So when residents are told that the company has really improved in the past few years, their immediate reply is: "You're welcome to come and try living here for a while."
在日本，「專門職司汙染陳情的『陳情相談員』就有一萬多人」，對日本環保法規素有研究的陳凱聲說。社會長期缺乏對這方面的重視，在發生需以人為方式解決的問題時，就沒有足夠的資源與後盾來解決。