News of industrial disasters is frequently heard, especially as industrial chemicals are becoming more commonplace. Lin Chien-huei, head of the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Chemicals Control Bureau, states that the EPA is currently most concerned about the management of six toxic chemicals including cyanide and chlorine which are concentrated in industrial areas such as Taoyuan's Kuanyin and Kaohsiung's Taoyuan.
工業災難頻傳，工業化的現代社會中，化學物質也益趨普遍，環保署毒管處科長林建輝指出，環保署目前特別列管氰化物和氯等六種急毒物質，這些毒化物主要分佈在桃園觀音和高雄林園仁武等工業區。