Jing-Shiou Chen, a senior specialist in air quality protection with the ROC's Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), points out that heavy metals washed out of the soil or metal water-pipes will accumulate in the bodies of people or other living things and cannot be expelled, causing serious harm.
「人類飲用水源的水質酸一點可能無傷大雅，還有辦法處理」，環保署空氣品質保護處技正陳淨修表示，但若酸把土壤或金屬水管中的重金屬洗出，人類或生物食用後將累積於身體中，無法排洩，並造成嚴重影響。