In fact, in a survey carried out two years ago by the Environmental Quality Protection Foundation and National Tsing Hua University, almost 40 % of fish sampled from food markets contained excessive levels of "persistent organic pollutants," which are likely to act as environmental hormones. However, following angry protests from fishermen after the report was published, no action was taken.
事實上，兩年前環境品質文教基金會與清華大學化學系曾進行抽樣調查，指出將近百分之四十的市售魚類都含有過高的「持久性有機污染物」，易產生環境荷爾蒙效應，報告發表後，卻在漁民憤怒抗議聲中不了了之。