In response, Hsu Chi-huang, chief of the air quality control section of the Changhua County Environmental Protection Bureau, notes that several air quality monitoring stations on the west coast of Taiwan have reported high levels of PM2.5 particles in the winter and that there are numerous sources of PM2.5 particles, so he contends that it is not clear that Hsienhsi's air quality problems are the result of sand and dust storms.
對此，彰化縣政府環保局空氣品質課課長徐智煌表示，西海岸地區的幾個監測站冬天都有 PM2.5 濃度偏高的現象，而 PM2.5 的來源很多，線西地區的問題是否是沙塵暴造成，還要進一步了解。