Wu Wen-chuan, a section chief at the Environmental Protection Administration's Bureau of Waste Management, confirms that since Taiwan began exporting hazardous industrial waste in 1993, almost 40,000 metric tons have been shipped overseas.
環保署廢棄物管理處第五科科長吳文娟證實，我國自民國八十二年起開始向外輸出有害事業廢棄物，至今共輸出過將近四萬公噸，這個數字與全國的總數比較起來，只是冰山一角。