tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post6098746947219563081..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Pollution: It's here, it's worseningMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-11958052724807446212011-12-26T11:53:59.136+08:002011-12-26T11:53:59.136+08:00Powerful big companies here in Tainan have factori...Powerful big companies here in Tainan have factories that bellows little smoke when sun is up but becomes super volcanoes at night!<br /><br />They even allow farmers to plant in the vicinity.<br /><br />No wonder that no one wants to buy their fruits and vegetables here locally and have to sell it to Taipeh and label it as maybe organic!<br /><br />Jeremy<br /><br />The mayor here is sleeping.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-59847533156275339392011-12-24T10:45:04.252+08:002011-12-24T10:45:04.252+08:00FOARP, that's my perception. Another big chunk...FOARP, that's my perception. Another big chunk is the haze from the rivers, which kick up so much dust even in the 19th century the mountains were shrouded. But pesticides and nuke waste, alas, that's H. sapiens.<br /><br />MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-48666422827003438652011-12-24T08:35:51.301+08:002011-12-24T08:35:51.301+08:00Perhaps one reason Taiwan uses so much pesticide i...Perhaps one reason Taiwan uses so much pesticide is that it is a subtropical/tropical island. That does not make the pesticides any less dangerous, but I wonder how Taiwan would compare to Florida instead of the US average (IIRC, Florida has a much higher pesticide use than the US in general). I also wonder how the pesticide use for plants suited to the tropics (bananas) compares to the pesticide use for plants less suited for the tropics (tomatos).<br /><br />One thing that annoys me about most organic food stores in Taiwan is the copious use of plastic. They seem to use more plastic than the typical non-organic grocery store. Plastic is itself a major source of pollution. I wish they were more like the organic food stores I would shop at in California where it was possible to buy groceries without using plastic at all.<br /><br />-MSKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-23917612454677405182011-12-23T23:50:22.121+08:002011-12-23T23:50:22.121+08:00Something is wrong with this sentence: "Taiwa...Something is wrong with this sentence: "Taiwan's air quality ranked an abysmal 35 out of 38 countries surveyed by the World Health Organization". Michael knows what it is.<br /><br />Taipei is really the 15th worst city they surveyed? That sounds weird.<br /><br />Where's the report?Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-59858138390847175132011-12-23T23:41:14.880+08:002011-12-23T23:41:14.880+08:00They say roughly 25% of the air pollution in LA fl...They say roughly 25% of the air pollution in LA floats across the Pacific from Asia, and most of this is Chinese in origin. I wonder how much of Taipei's pollution comes from the mainland?Gilman Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607416440240634159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-34308980570400517302011-12-23T22:14:03.722+08:002011-12-23T22:14:03.722+08:00The pollution here really screws my eyes up and ma...The pollution here really screws my eyes up and makes them feel dry and scratchy and bloodshot. Then again, I did sleep with some chick from Carnegie's a couple weeks ago so maybe it's not the air after all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com