Investigation into the effect of FPCC 's NO.6 Naphtha Cracker Complex on Changhua’s health finally gets underway

Taixi village is located in Changhua’s Dacheng Township, adjacent to FPCC 's NO.6 Naphtha Cracker Complex. When the southerly wind blows each summer and autumn, residents downwind of FPCC 's complex in Taixi village are frequently plagued with an acrid stench. As a consequence, local residents decided to carry out their own investigation, which found that the incidence of cancer in Taixi village was extremely high. Over a period of eight years, from Taixi’s resident population of 400 people, 28 were found to have cancer – this is a rate of 1:14, which means that 1 in 14 people from the village have cancer. Such an extraordinarily high cancer rate is poles apart from the safe limit of 1:100,000 announced by the Health Promotion Administration.

With Taixi village possessing the highest incidence of cancer in Changhua, it may come as no surprise that it is known as ‘cancer village’, and Dacheng township known as ‘cancer township’. However, to date, no official investigation into the effect of NO.6 Naphtha Cracker Complex on the people’s health has been carried out on the local population. 

In September, a collaboration between National Health Research Institute, NTU’s College of Public Health and Changhua Christian Hospital’s Department of Pediatrics and Erlin branch, began a study on environmental pollution and epidemic disease in Changhua – the study will research the effect of NO.6 Naphtha Cracker Complex on the people’s health. Local residents have long awaited a report that could act as a reference on clarifying the adverse effect of the complex on people’s health. Neighboring towns and villages in the area will be toured as part of the research project, which will continue into next year.

Investigation into the effect of FPCC 's NO.6 Naphtha Cracker Complex on Changhua’s health finally gets underway 
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六輕對彰化的健康影響調查 現在才啟動

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彰化大城鄉台西村緊鄰六輕，每年夏季吹南風時，在下風處的台西村居民不時會聞到六輕飄來的酸惡臭味，而當地居民也自行調查，發現該台西村的罹癌率極高。八年內台西村，常住人口400餘人，其中有28人罹癌，罹癌比例1/14，表示每十四人當中，就有一位罹癌；這樣高罹癌率是比國民健康局公布的安全值十萬分之一是天差地遠，也難怪台西村，是彰化罹癌率最高的村落，更有癌症村之稱，而大城鄉則為彰化的癌症鄉。但是大城鄉至今都沒有相關六輕對當地居民的健康調查。

九月中開始，國家衛生研究院與台灣大學公共衛生學院和彰化基督教醫院的兒科部和二林分院等，共同合作執行的『彰化環境污染流行病世代研究計劃』要進行研究六輕對彰化居民的健康影響。當地居民期盼已久的，希望可以釐清六輕對當地的危害，作為參考依據。研究計畫將持續到明年，期間將陸續在大城鄉及鄰近鄉鎮巡迴舉辦。