However, those charged with exercising public authority often put forward all sorts of excuses, and this is why the Council of Agriculture has indicated that only three types of chemicals are approved for use on golf courses. But a survey by Taiwan Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances Research Institute identified 41 chemicals in current use.
可是執行公權力者往往有各種藉口，才造成農委會表示只准許球場使用三種農藥，台中農藥毒物實驗所調查卻發現有四十一種之多的情況。