If it weren't for tests by consumer groups, for example, people would probably go right on drinking certain soft drinks for the rest of their lives without knowing what harmful chemicals they contain.
像沙士含黃樟素，若不是民間消費者團體檢驗出來，恐怕消費者喝一輩子都不會知道。「過去，人活到二、三十歲就不容易被騙；但今天，活到二百歲也沒用」，政治大學教授柴松林感慨地說。