Taliao

The beautiful blog Shan Ding Lu has an excellent photo essay on pollutant sources in and around Taliao.

Taliao and Pollution Michael Turton 2009

There is also the China Steel plant outside Kaohsiung and not far from Taliao, the airport in Hsaiogang, the industrial district in town, a military training academy, a couple of universities with small, on-site incinerators, and the crown jewel of stink, the Kaohsiung city garbage dump, right next to Fooyin University.

Archive 2009-02-01 Michael Turton 2009

There is also the China Steel plant outside Kaohsiung and not far from Taliao, the airport in Hsaiogang, the industrial district in town, a military training academy, a couple of universities with small, on-site incinerators, and the crown jewel of stink, the Kaohsiung city garbage dump, right next to Fooyin University.

Taliao and Pollution Michael Turton 2009

I actually lived in Taliao in the late 1990s my own old photo essay is on my website; Taiwan Panorama has an article on being poor in Taliao.

Archive 2009-02-01 Michael Turton 2009

Taliao, a small town in a "rural" area outside of Kaohsiung, has been in the news recently with a toxic leak that that has affected schools in town.

Archive 2009-02-01 Michael Turton 2009

Toxic gases overwhelm Taliao, which my wife I and both consider the worst place we have ever lived in our lives years ago, thank all gods Source of leaks may never be found.

Daily Links, Jan 8, 2009 Michael Turton 2009

I actually lived in Taliao in the late 1990s my own old photo essay is on my website; Taiwan Panorama has an article on being poor in Taliao.

Taliao and Pollution Michael Turton 2009

There is no need for Taliao residents to protest, EPA Minister Steven Shen 沈世宏 said at a press conference in Taipei.

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Shen made the comments in response to violent clashes yesterday involving Taliao residents and factories in the industrial park.

Taliao and Pollution Michael Turton 2009

Shen made the comments in response to violent clashes yesterday involving Taliao residents and factories in the industrial park.

Archive 2009-02-01 Michael Turton 2009