Recall of Plastic Tree Steps Due to Fall Hazard

Primal Vantage Expands Recall of Plastic Tree Steps Due to Fall Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Name of Product: Ameristep Plastic Strap-On Tree Step

Units: About 40,000 (In January and May 2010 releases #10-101 with 16,000 products, and #10-236 with an additional recalled 1,800 recalled steps, bringing the total to 17,800, included date codes 12/08 and 10/08, December 2008 and October 2008 respectively). All steps that include a "08" date code are being added to the recall adding 22,000 units.

Manufacturer: Primal Vantage Co., Inc., of Randolph, N.J.

Hazard: The plastic portion of the step can break, posing a fall hazard to the user.

Incidents/Injuries: Primal Vantage has received six complaints of step breakage, including two reports of consumers being bruised and cut.

Description: Product is a plastic tree step that attaches to a tree via a nylon strap and a large metal buckle. It is used to climb a tree in order to hunt from an elevated position. Model numbers 105 and 155 both have a "08", which is stamped on the plastic portion of the step denoting the year of manufacture.

Sold at: The product was sold from April 2008 through November 2009 at various outdoor and sporting goods retailers nationwide as a 3-step package in model 105 or as a single step in model 155.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should stop using the tree steps immediately. They should contact Primal Vantage for details on how to obtain a full refund. Consumers are asked not to return the product to retail stores as refunds can only be provided by Primal Vantage.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Primal Vantage toll free at (866) 972-6168 between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit their website at www.treestandcustomerservice.com to print a return form or for further information on how to locate the date code on your tree step.

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shoe lace toggles

shoe lace toggles

Name of Product: Falls Creek infant boy shoes

Units: About 2,300

Importer: Meijer, of Grand Rapids, Mich.

Hazard: The shoe lace toggles can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

Description: This recall involves Meijer Falls Creek infant boy casual shoes with bungee laces and toggles. The brown leather shoes were sold in infant sizes 5 to 10 and have “Falls Creek” imprinted on the bottom of the shoe.

Sold at: Meijer stores nationwide from July 2010 through September 2010 for about $15.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled shoes from children. Consumers can remove and discard the toggles to eliminate the hazard or return the product to any Meijer store for a full refund.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Meijer at (800) 927-8699 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s website at www.meijer.com

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toggle

n.

1. A pin, rod, or crosspiece fitted or inserted into a loop in a rope, chain, or strap to prevent slipping, to tighten, or to hold an attached object.
2. A device or an apparatus with a toggle joint.

v., -gled, -gling, -gles. v.tr.
To furnish or fasten with a toggle.

v.intr.
To alternate between two or more electronic, mechanical, or computer-related options, usually by the operation of a single switch or keystroke: toggled back and forth between two windows on the screen.

[Origin unknown.]

• 〔tl | tl〕
  

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1 （スポーツ服のボタン穴などに差し込む）棒型の飾りボタン.

2 《コンピュータ》トグル：（オン・オフなど）二方向に切り替えできる論理スイッチ.

3 留めくぎ, 留め棒.

4 ＝toggle joint.

━━[動](他)

1 …にtoggleを取りつける.

2 …をtoggleで留める［締める］.

━━(自)《コンピュータ》〈コマンドが〉（オン・オフを繰り返す）トグルとなっている.

Contractor Accused of Flawed Job on Rig

Halliburton Shares Hit by Panel Report

By BEN CASSELMAN And SIOBHAN HUGHES

Halliburton Co. found repeated problems with the cement it was planning to install in BP PLC's doomed oil well but used it anyway—perhaps without alerting BP—according to federal investigators studying the Gulf of Mexico disaster.

Halliburton tests showed that cement similar to that used to seal BP's Macondo well would be unstable, but neither BP nor Halliburton acted on the data before the blowout, according to new documents. Siobhan Hughes joins the News Hub to discuss.

The cement was supposed to seal the well and prevent explosive natural gas from flowing in. Why the seal failed has been a central question in the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which killed 11 workers and set off the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

The investigators' findings brought new scrutiny to Halliburton, which until now has escaped most of the blame for the disaster. Halliburton's stock price tumbled 8% on the news closing at $31.68 on the New York Stock Exchange, despite the company's assurance that it was indemnified by BP for damages.

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BP will be less likely to be found "grossly negligent" if several different companies share the blame for the April 20 explosion of its Gulf well.

Both Halliburton and BP declined to comment Thursday. Halliburton has previously blamed BP for failing to heed its advice on the design of the well and failing to do all the necessary tests, while BP has said that Halliburton's cement mixture itself was to blame.

Investigators cautioned that their findings don't let BP off the hook, noting that cement failures are relatively common. It is up to the well's owner—BP, in the case of this well, called Macondo—to test the cement and fix any problems, they noted.

"The story of the blowout does not turn solely on the quality of the Macondo cement job," investigators wrote in a letter to members of the presidential commission probing the disaster.

Other seals and valves higher up the well also should have stopped the flow of explosive natural gas. Workers from BP and Transocean Ltd., which owned the rig, failed to detect gas entering the well, and misinterpreted a key test that should have revealed problems. Another important test was never done.

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By the time the workers realized something had gone wrong, gas had already risen past the blowout preventer, the huge stack of valves meant to shut down a well in an emergency. And the valves didn't work after the initial explosion, allowing oil to pour into the Gulf.

The investigators' letter provided new evidence that the cement, which included additives and nitrogen, may have been faulty. Halliburton performed four tests on the cement mixture it planned to use in the months before the blowout. The cement failed the first three tests, and only passed the fourth after engineers changed the testing procedure, commission staff members wrote. Halliburton made minor changes to the cement formula after the second failed test, investigators said. They also said the third test may have been performed incorrectly.

It isn't clear what BP knew about the tests. Halliburton provided the results of an early test, along with other information, in a March 8 email to BP.

But according to the commission, "There is no indication that Halliburton highlighted to BP the significance" of the results. The results of the other three tests were apparently never reported to BP. The commission also asked engineers from Chevron Corp. to try to recreate the cement mixture used on the well. When they did so, they couldn't get a good seal.

Those results "strongly suggest" that the cement mixture was unstable, the investigators wrote. Halliburton and perhaps BP "should have considered redesigning the [cement mixture] before pumping it at the Macondo well," investigators wrote.

Robert Mackenzie, an energy analyst with FBR Capital Markets and a former oil industry cementing engineer, noted that Halliburton's final test apparently showed that the cement would work. He said it isn't unusual for engineers to tweak a formula several times to find one that satisfies them.

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In September, Halliburton's vice president of cementing, Thomas Roth, told a National Academy of Engineering panel that "all of the design work, all of the testing work that was done by Halliburton in advance of this job indicated that the foam system was stable."

Halliburton's contract makes it unlikely that Halliburton will face much liability for the disaster, said Matthew Conlan, an analyst for Wells Fargo Securities. But the latest revelations could hurt Halliburton's reputation, he added. "The integrity of their product is being questioned and the integrity of their advice is being questioned."

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BP could benefit if investigators determine that Halliburton's cement design was faulty, experts said.

Under federal pollution laws, BP will face much higher penalties if it is found to have been "grossly negligent" in the spill. Such a finding is less likely if several different companies share the blame.

Halliburton has long denied responsibility, saying BP ignored its warnings that the cement job would likely fail if BP didn't use more "centralizers," devices that keep steel pipe centered in the hole to ensure the even distribution of cement. Halliburton also said BP broke with industry best practices by failing to clean out the well fully before pumping cement and by failing to test the cement after the job was completed.

As the investigation has developed, however, Halliburton's version of events has drawn more scrutiny. In testimony before a different federal panel, Halliburton engineers acknowledged that they never warned the well could blow out if the centralizers weren't used and that they never explicitly recommended that the cement test be run.

Write to Siobhan Hughes at siobhan.hughes@dowjones.com

Chile display spurs questions on China mine safety

Chile display spurs questions on China mine safety

(AP) – 2 days ago

BEIJING (AP) — A display at the World Expo in Shanghai highlighting the rescue of 33 trapped Chilean miners has raised public questions about China's own mining industry, the world's deadliest.

Visitors to the exhibit that opened over the weekend said China needed to learn from Chile's determination and expertise in mounting the rescue at the San Jose Mine this month that captured world attention. Even China's official Xinhua News Agency acknowledged Monday that the display at the Chilean Pavilion at the Expo had sparked a debate about work safety and rescue work in the domestic mining industry.

"I have to say they respect human life and human rights more than us. Both the Chilean government and its people never, ever gave up trying to rescue those workers who were stuck in the mine, even though there was just a tiny glimmer of hope," a retired professor visiting the Expo surnamed Li told The Associated Press.

"China should learn from Chile, not just rescue skills, but also their inner spirit," said Li, who would give only his surname.

Also in online forums, netizens sharply criticized China's response to its own mining accidents and asked officials to learn from Chile's successful rescue, an epic 69-day undertaking that unleashed a torrent of national pride in the Latin American country. The display at the Expo features a capsule of the type that was used to hoist the trapped miners 2,041 feet (622 meters) to safety.

China has actually made huge steps to improve mine safety in recent years, reducing the number of deaths to about 2,600 last year from 7,000 in 2003 even though coal output has more than doubled. It has closed illegal small mines with lax safety or absorbed them into state-owned companies.

China also celebrated its own amazing mine rescue earlier this year, when 115 miners were pulled from a flooded mine in the northern province of Shanxi after more than a week underground. The miners survived by eating sawdust, tree bark, paper and even coal.

But experts say more needs to be done, particularly in preventing accidents in the first place.

Wang Deming, a professor at the China University of Mining and Technology in China's eastern province of Jiangsu, said, "we need to focus on more improving their work conditions and shutting down illegal mines to prevent future accidents."

Chinese mine operators are still often viewed as high-handed in their attitude toward their workers, and not just at home.

Two Chinese mining bosses were recently arrested in Zambia for shooting into a crowd protesting unpaid salaries and poor working conditions. Eleven miners were wounded after being sprayed with buckshot.

Associated Press researcher Ji Chen in Shanghai contributed to this report.

27 October 2010 Last updated at 10:55 GMT

UK airlines back call for airport security changes

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Former Cobra member Col Richard Kemp says security measures should be regularly reviewed

The UK airline industry has backed British Airways chairman Martin Broughton's call for changes to airport security checks.

Mike Carrivick, of BAR UK, which represents more than 80 airlines, said the industry should "step back and have a look at the whole situation".

Mr Broughton said some "completely redundant" security checks should go.

The Department for Transport said there were no plans to change rules on checking laptops and shoes.

Practices such as forcing passengers to take off their shoes should be abandoned, Mr Broughton added.

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US/UK SECURITY CHECKS

• Metal items placed in tray - UK and US domestic
• Liquids over 100ml removed - UK and US domestic
• Laptops removed - UK; not US on some domestic routes
• Shoes removed - UK but not on some European flights; not US domestic
• Metal detection archway - UK and US domestic
• Body scanner for some of those who fail security checks - UK and US domestic
• Pre-flight passengers records given to US authorities - UK; not US domestic

Source: Chris Yates, Yates Consulting

He also criticised the US for imposing increased checks on US-bound flights but not on its own domestic services, saying the UK should stop "kowtowing" to US security demands.

And he questioned why laptop computers needed to be screened separately.

Mr Carrivick, of BAR UK, which represents scheduled airlines such as Virgin Atlantic and BMI, said airport security seemed to be a "layered approach".

He added: "Every time there is a new security scare, an extra layer is added on to procedures.

"We need to step back and have a look at the whole situation. Standards change fairly regularly and this puts pressure on airports and airlines. We need to decide what we are trying to do and how best to do it."

BAA's chief executive Colin Matthews said security at Heathrow and its other airports was "defined by the authorities" and consisted of "one requirement laid on top of another".

He added: "There's European requirements, there's UK requirements and... US requirements laid on top of that.

"We could certainly do a better job for customers if we could rationalise all of that into a single, coherent process, and I'd love to have the chance to do that."

The US stepped up security in January in the wake of an alleged bomb plot.

It introduced tougher screening rules, including body pat-down searches and carry-on baggage checks, for passengers arriving from 14 nations which the authorities deem to be a security risk.

Passengers from any foreign country may also be checked at random.

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Speaking at the UK Airport Operators' Association annual conference, Mr Broughton said that no-one wanted weaker security.

But he was quoted by the Financial Times as telling the conference: "We all know there's quite a number of elements in the security programme which are completely redundant and they should be sorted out."

'Consider essential'

Mr Broughton, who is also chairman of Liverpool FC, added the UK should only agree to security checks that the US requires for passengers on domestic flights.

"America does not do internally a lot of the things they demand that we do," he said. "We shouldn't stand for that.

"We should say, 'We'll only do things which we consider to be essential and that you Americans also consider essential'."

Airport security worldwide has risen since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and in December 2001 London-born Richard Reid attempted to blow up a commercial flight in the United States, using bombs hidden in his shoes.

The UK's overall threat level, set by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, remains at severe, which means that an attack is highly likely.

Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said: "Security is, and will remain, a continuing challenge to the industry and the delivery of effective aviation security must be at the heart of the aviation policy debate.

"I intend to develop a new regulatory system - one where the government concentrates on setting the security outcomes that need to be achieved, and frees up operators to devise the security processes needed to deliver them in line with EU requirements."

Mr Hammond also said that further announcements would be made "in due course".

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Chris Yates, an aviation security analyst, said scanning technology was sufficient to detect any suspicious devices.

He added: "We need to keep passengers safe, but there's also a whole bunch of security rules that could be eased out.

"We could be talking about getting rid of the shoe check, because the metal detectors at airports are sensitive enough to pick up the metal strap in my leather shoe, so they should be able to detect whatever might else be hidden in the heel of that shoe.

"There are better ways in which we can do things now at the airport checkpoint. The redesign of that checkpoint, in my opinion, is long overdue."

Col Richard Kemp, who was a member of the national crisis-management committee Cobra between 2002 and 2006, said a universal approach to airport security was needed.

"One of the key points in this is consistency, to make sure that if a security measure is necessary it's universally applied.

"I think people are annoyed and rightly; some airlines or some airports want one thing done, others don't and it doesn't make sense to the public."

'Different standards'

And Admiral Lord West, a security minister in the previous Labour government, agreed security checks had become far too complicated.

"We were already talking with the Europeans and, of course, the problem is there's American demands as well.

"Just from my travelling in America it does seem that they have very different standards travelling within [the US].

"So I think the government does need... to push very hard to rationalise these things, working with airport authorities, with the airlines and getting a Europe-wide agreement."

The US's Transport Security Administration said it worked closely with its international partners to ensure the best possible security.

"We constantly review and evolve our security measures based on the latest intelligence," a spokesman said.

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Selina事故完全能避免

本報訊(記者 盧圓媛)重拍《我和春天有個約會》時，男女主角俞灝明和Selina因煙火裝置失靈被炸傷。昨日，記者採訪了八一電影製片廠一位不願透露姓名的導演，拍攝 過不少爆破戲的他向記者坦言國內拍攝爆破戲時存在的隱患。他指出，爆破戲本就是一個“高危險性配合”，但我們國內由於資金、技術存在的問題，導致拍攝事故時有發生。

　　技術層面缺陷很大

　 　這位導演指出，國內劇組拍攝爆破戲存在的最大隱患就是“技術”。比如在美國，以電腦特技代替爆炸場面，已經是好萊塢電影的慣用手法。而國內的拍攝由於技 術有限，還在使用炸藥以及讓演員本人置身在危險場景中等方式。只有要拍攝大場面的爆炸時，國內劇組才會考慮起用韓國的團隊，“因為韓國的爆破師都去美國接 受過專業訓練，他們根本不用炸藥，而採用壓縮空氣等進行爆炸，這樣安全很多。”

　　資金不足留下隱患

　　同時，資金不足也造 成了爆炸的安全隱患。該導演指出，韓國團隊在爆炸時會使用特制的軟木、樹皮等，但這些特殊道具的成本肯定比常見的金屬、磚頭要高。除了道具，在拍攝一些大 場面的爆破時，涉及的演員也會用假人，“當年馮小剛拍《集結號》，炸得人到處亂飛，這些都是用做得很逼真的假人來拍的”。導演一針見血地指出，“許多劇組 不願意花錢在專業性更高的爆破團隊上，這樣安全性就很難講了。”

　　事故本來可以避免

　　這位導演告訴記者，像《我和春天有 個約會》這樣的事故是完全能避免的。“直接就可以使用二次合成的辦法，首先可以在藍布前拍演員從大樓內跑出來的鏡頭，然後單獨拍攝大樓爆炸的鏡頭，這時候 所有演職人員都可以站在安全距離以外進行拍攝。最後再通過電腦特技合成，這樣演員也不會受傷，問題也可以避免。”

　　演員身上要塗藥膏

　 　導演還向記者介紹了國內劇組拍攝簡單爆破戲常用的方法，“在各個炸點上都會有人，爆破師要告訴演員逃跑的路線。等他們跑到位置後，站在各個炸點上的人才 能用嘴模仿爆炸的聲音進行引爆。這得反覆練好幾次，絕對不能亂。甚至爆炸的高度、風向都需要觀測，任何一個環節都不能出錯。當然，演員身上也應該塗抹一些 藥膏，這樣能起到隔熱防火的效果。”

　　爆破師必須持証上崗

　　爆破師作為特種行業，按理說是由專業團隊操作，據記者了解，在香港， 除職業爆破師外，甚至會請現役消防員監場並指導。昨日有知情人指出，由於有經驗的爆破師十分稀缺，有的劇組會請來年資不足、甚至執業資格也沒有的普通人操 作。對此，這位導演表示了否認，“專門負責爆破的人員必須持有在國家有關部門備案的証書才能從業，而且使用的炸藥、槍械等都要在公安部門備案。據我所知， 國內劇組對從業資格檢查很認真，一般不會出現管理混亂”。

　　最新進展

　　俞灝明參與滅火救人 無毀容危險

　 　昨日下午，天娛公司總經理龍丹妮和俞灝明的爸爸在上海首次公開與媒體見面。龍丹妮透露，昨日下午，他們與俞灝明的主治醫生開了一個診斷會。主治醫生介 紹，俞灝明已開始少量進食，根據對傷口的進一步全面檢查，將俞灝明的全身灼傷程度定為深二度灼傷，沒有毀容的危險。背部燒傷比較嚴重。受傷最嚴重的是他的 雙手手臂。根據對傷勢的分析，判斷俞灝明在被燒傷的第一時間，還參與了滅火和救人。

　　Selina已剃成光頭 完成清創手術

　　已返回台灣的 Selina，昨日已經剃成光頭並完成了初步的清創手術。Selina的爸爸對台灣媒體透露，Selina全身有超過50%面積燒傷，當中有六成為三度灼 傷，而雙頰也有輕微灼傷，術後需進行2至3個星期的觀察，希望她傷後皮膚能自行再生，若無法則需植皮。Selina的爸爸還說，女兒看到親人時眼裡泛著眼 淚，家人一直鼓勵她“大口吸氣”。

　　圈中聲音

　　■黃秋生 在拍攝《楊貴妃秘史》時，黃秋生曾炮轟劇組人員太外行：“我記得我們拍一場用火的戲時，因為操作人員特別外行，結果燒到了謝君豪，臉都燒焦了，他們理都不理，只管拍自己的。”黃秋生直言：“在內地拍戲真的會死人！”

　　■江華 當年，在亞視版的《我》劇中，江華和俞灝明飾演同一個角色。江華談到當時的拍攝還心有余悸，“有好多爆炸場面，完全沒有安全措施，只不過我們比較幸運沒受傷。Selina和俞灝明就沒有那麼好運了，所以有時演員為拍戲賺錢好無奈，要拿命來玩”。

　　本組稿件 記者 盧園媛

台北 202 開發案

【聯合報╱張曉風】 2010.10.25 06:11 am

1 我錯了 曾經，我寫了封信給你，曾經，你回了我一通電話和一封信，就這樣，半年過去了。 在這段時間裡，我發現，其實，我錯了，我向你道歉，也向所有真心愛惜土地的人民道歉，我的錯誤如下： 今年春天，我初驚於202兵工廠的絕美，認為那是一塊值得為教育目的而保留下來的好地方。 然而，長夏漸逝，清秋既至，我逐日逐日發現，其實，那並不是一塊寶貴的土地──而是一塊非常寶貴的土地──說得更清楚一些，是一塊非常非常非常非常非常寶貴的土地。這樣的土地，在寸土寸金的北台灣，已成絕響。 這樣的地方，六十年來能保留她的純淨，並不是歷年來哪個先知先見的環保署長或台北市長或台灣省長的卓見。而是歪打正著，由於使用者是軍方，所以隔絕了工業、商業，乃至於農業的汙染，她是一塊接近完美的低汙染的濕地。 有人告訴我，全亞洲有三千個兵工廠（我未能證實），如果202兵工廠能好好保了下來，則台灣大可從昔時「外銷雨傘」的商團變成「外銷善念」的國度。你說「環保救國」，很好，不過，「環保」其實還能「平天下」呢！把世人口中「貪婪之島」變成「善念之島」就在你一推敲之間啊！ 再道歉一次，對不起，我說「202兵工廠那塊綠地是寶貴的地方」，那是不夠的，我應說的是「202兵工廠那塊濕地是非常非常非常非常非常可貴的地方」。 2 保衛大台灣 保衛大台灣 保衛大台灣 保衛民族復興的聖地 保衛人民至上的樂園 …… …… 我們已經無處後退只有勇敢向前 我們已經無處後退只有勇敢向前 以上是我讀中山國小時常唱的一首反共歌曲。 那時候全省都在唱這首歌，是因為對岸要「血洗台灣」，最近兩岸久矣不見狼煙了，這首歌也就遭人遺忘了。不過，台灣近年來碰到的困境卻是「金點台灣」。許多 「聰明人」，（小心哦，「聰明人就在你身邊」。）自以為學會了「點金術」，自以為魔棒一揮就什麼都變成金錢了。殊不知等到水不能飲，飯不能吃，連兒女也變 成一坨金子的時候，才後悔不及。 保衛大台灣，我們能再下一次決心嗎？不是對付「共匪」，而是面對「財團」或「學團」。（唉！我很小心，不去用「財閥」或「學閥」那樣的字眼。）如那首歌說的，我們已經無處後退，只有勇敢向前。 台灣脫離日本人之手，回歸祖國，這叫「光復」，但真光復了嗎？如果土地受到汙染，河川含毒，人民排碳量是世界平均值的三倍（高雄更厲害，大約是八倍），這樣的台灣怎能不令人期望來個「二次光復」呢？ 台灣藍綠兩黨常常黑白不分，對方說上我就說下，對方說大我就說小，唯獨對環保，兩方簡直像雙胞胎，兩方都認定，環保，是「供人叫叫用的」，真碰到事情，當然還是「利」字當先。 「王啊！你何必老把『利』字掛在嘴上，要想想『仁義』啊！」 唉，孟子這句話不止是二千多年前講給梁惠王聽的，也是講給今天的執政者聽的，如果有人說：「濕地？濕地能拚經濟嗎？」孟子忍不住會再說一次： 「唉，你非得說『利』不可嗎？」 此刻，我想，我會趕上前去，說： 「孟夫子！孟夫子！我們來聯臂一下，用我們小小的螳螂臂來合擋那台名叫『開發』的大車吧！我們來保衛大台灣，像那首歌詞中說的『保衛人民至上的樂園』吧！」 3 第一份學術報告 202兵工廠搬入現址是民國38、9年間的事，中央研究院遷入現址則是民國43年的事，兩方是近鄰，而且「做厝邊」做了五十六年了。 中研院多的是濟濟之士，怪的是從二十世紀到二十一世紀，竟沒有一位學者有意想研究一下這塊濕地。結果是我（這個「老阿嬤」）找了台大生態工程研究中心主任 張文亮教授（他也是「濕地生態與工程」的授課教授），他帶了人手入區採樣，十天後，報告出爐，證據會說話，那的確是一塊天然古濕地，現在看來乾乾的地方， 其實是填土填上去的，但因軍方的樓都蓋得矮（大約是一層、兩層或至多四層高度），所以使用起來尚好。再加上火藥只是一種物理性的合成，因而沒有化學性的侵 擾。根據張文亮教授的報告，這個地區算完好純潔的古濕地（其中三重埔陂略呈優養）。 其實，中研院的「食祿者」為什麼不來關懷一下鄰居的生態環境呢？譬如說，這地方去年居然會冒出穿山甲來呢！（而且經趙榮台教授檢查，是一隻年幼的、健康的 穿山甲。）中研院如果要跟這塊濕地有什麼關聯，就請他們的「生物多樣性」小組進去研究研究就好，犯不著去大興土木，蓋十層辦公大樓，以及恐怖萬分的動物實 驗室。 遠從李遠哲時代（咦？這傢伙下了台又去反中油石化業了，有趣。）到如今的「搶地十年戰」之中，中研院從來都把202濕地當成必欲得之的肥甘。其實，放著院 內優秀的「生物多樣性」專家，為什麼不先問問他們的意見呢？理由很簡單，因為一問就會問出毛病來，不問就等於讓專家被強迫封口。 及至我口沒遮攔不知死活的亂吵一通，中研院好像才忽然又想到自家其實大有能人在。但不幸的是最近雖想到了他們，卻只允許他們做「選擇題」，而不是「是非題」。換言之，中研院讓專家回答的問題如下： 「這塊地，我們要用什麼策略拿到手？」 而不是： 「這塊地，我們真的非拿不可嗎？」 4 連黑道老大都開著一間生技公司呢！ 世界各地都流傳「一張牛皮」的故事，你准許了一張牛皮，他就把牛皮剪成細絲，圈出一大片地來。 掠地起樓，會引發別人也來插腳，此點姑不論，這生科技又哪來什麼真正的好處？如今台灣各大學到處生科技為患，不管本來長著什麼頭，反正名目上都找頂生科技 的帽子來戴一戴，不幸大批學生畢業即失業，跟當年澳門蛋塔的流行與沒落完全一模一樣。試看隨便死個黑道老大翁其楠，咦？此人竟死在一家「日月生技公司」的 樓上，而這家公司原來是翁其楠自己開的。黑道老大開什麼「生科技」？好聽嘛，時髦嘛。最近影后陸小芬的丈夫涉案，七百人投資，遭吸金五、六億，此案中的公 司赫然也是生技公司。唉，台灣的生科技公司量多質爛，十分駭人。我雖是笨笨的作家，但因在陽明（醫科）大學執教三十五年，也算能略懂一些暗幕。 當然，中研院會辯說： 「不對，不對，我們跟他們是不一樣的！」 但基本上，台灣目前的實力，如果以服裝業為比喻，則可說領導流行的設計師是沒有的，有的只是踩踩縫衣機的車工。人家跟我們合作，也無非看準這裡人工便宜， 法律寬鬆罷了！希望學術界多培養牛頓、培養愛因斯坦吧，不要去搞那些會涉案的產學合作吧，如果警察再抓一個學者多不好看啊！而且目前我們全台灣的實驗室， 竟沒有一個地方能去作高級靈長類如黑猩猩或恆河猴的實驗，因為國外專家認為我們的素養和設備還「不配做」，我們應該知恥，先把實驗室弄升格，能做完整的實 驗再說吧！ 中研院又說，不是生產，只是研究啦！其實中研院去林口研究有何不可呢？到宜蘭也不錯啊，自己院裡再塞塞也擠得下去啊！不方便？誰家上班都那麼方便啊！行行好吧！全台灣的人不都在忍受交通之苦嗎？放生這塊土地，勝造七級浮屠啊！ 5 讓馬唯中可以這樣說 讓這塊土地成為網開一面的多樣性生物逃生的淵藪，讓這塊土地可以留下來用以教育百姓，讓父母可以對兒女說，讓師長可以對子弟說： 「我們曾因無知糟蹋了許多大自然的資源，但我們畢竟覺悟了，我們決定在此停止損害大地了！」 讓馬唯中可以對你未來的寧馨小孫說： 「你外公很有智慧哦──所以才有今天你看到的這一片純潔的濕地，快看，剛才飛過我們頭頂的是大冠鷲！」 對，沒有人擁有土地，是土地擁有我們，我們如果有一絲良知，就該努力護持好土地，並將之交給我們的兒子、孫子，乃至於世世代代的後裔，這個，叫永續。 6 她要嫁人嗎？ 制度上，有個環評小組。小組的功能是開會，並且說： 「哦，這裡有一個案子遞上來了，這單位說要用八公頃──或者四公頃，我們要讓他們通過嗎？」 這種事聽來像媒婆，熱心奔走、提供名單、過濾情報： 「要不要這一個，這一個很好，比上次那一個好。」 問題不是Ａ好不好或Ｂ壞不壞，而在「這稱為甲的女子要不要嫁那些ＡＢＣＤ」？ 「哎呀，小姐，總要嫁的囉！」媒婆想。 不見得，有許多女子是不嫁的，像德蕾莎修女或證嚴法師，她們的生命是奉獻給全人類的，她並不打算冠上Ａ或Ｂ或Ｃ的夫姓，她是她美麗的自己。 是的，202兵工廠也是這樣一塊自足的濕地，她雖因不會說話，所以沒有人去問她的意見，但學者或仁人不就是該為不能發聲的發聲，為不能表白的表白嗎？不要去評三個或八個求婚人誰適合，應該做的是說： 「這樣一塊完美的土地，應該留下來作為教育用，她像稻種，不宜拿來煮飯吃！她像德蕾莎修女，你完全不必麻煩去提出某個富商或某個教授的體檢報告，她根本沒想嫁！」 7 有擔當的人說出口的肯擔當的話 有人問我：「如果當局不聽你的呼籲，你的下一步是什麼？」 下一步？說得我好像是個大機構，手上有人又有預算似的。不，我，沒有下一步，但我審慎樂觀，如果香港可以保留米埔濕地，如果老共可以保留秦皇島，如果周錫偉可以為台北縣花五億打造人工濕地，那麼，為什麼獨獨台北市民不可以擁有本來就留在那裡的濕地呢？ 何況總統既說了「環保救國」，我當然就選擇相信那是一句真話。而且，我相信這是一句有擔當的人說出口的肯擔當的話──雖然這句話說得有點寒傖，我自己更喜歡的句子是「文章華國」，那才是有氣象有抱負的上國境界。 這封信除了寄給總統，我也寄它去報章發表。此外，它的手稿我會交給政大圖書館收藏。文章千古事，得失寸心知，身為文人，我只能以白紙黑字求正義，百年之後，自有能人在總統與我之間定千古是非。 我們全國人民都來努力敬人敬天敬物吧！ ※延伸閱讀》 ‧反對到底 張曉風：202 開發案像性侵…

US guidelines on CPR

美國心臟學會17日公布最新的心肺復甦術（CPR）指南，建議急救人員先快速用力按壓心臟突然停止跳動者的胸口，再採口對口人工呼吸。衛生署則表示，將蒐集國外資料及新版CPR指引後，提送緊急醫療諮詢委員會討論，預計最快明年上路實施。

民視當紅節目新兵日記，日前有一幕女醫官施行心肺復甦術時，沒有為急救對象做口對口人口呼吸，引發觀眾熱烈討論。

但根據美國心臟學會指出，未受過訓練的路人或不願施以口對口急救的民眾，可以僅用手施以壓胸，直到醫護人員抵達現場，或病患已電擊器恢復正常心跳，如此看來，女醫官的作法未必完全錯誤。

美國心臟學會心肺復甦術指南共同撰寫者塞爾（Michael Sayre ）表示，修改內容後，可使CPR從最簡單的步驟做起，「急救人員快速且用力按壓患者胸口的作用類似人工心臟，讓血液帶氧，保持器官運作，直到救援抵達。」 他強調，壓胸的方法是，兩手相疊，接著用力按壓，每分鐘至少100次。

壓胸像幫浦 把氧送進腦

吹氣可增加血液中的氧氣，壓胸像幫浦一樣，可將血液送至全身器官，衛生署醫事處長石崇良以自來水廠送水至各家戶比喻，他說，吹氣好比水質淨化一樣，可增加 血中含氧量，卻沒有管路可送達家戶（器官），家戶仍會缺水；壓胸雖水質不好，但至少管路暢通，家戶不會有缺水危機，血液可流至全身，並維持各器官正常運 作。

他說，吹氣可增加血中含氧量，但許多人擔心傳染病，無法正確施行口對口人工呼吸，導致很多氣體不見得可以吸進去；加上不少民眾遇到陌生人會有疑慮，急救動 作太慢，延誤黃金救援時間，現在改為直接壓胸，再進行口對口人工呼吸；若有疑慮者也可一直壓胸，每分鐘速度至少100下，亦能達到CPR目的。

溺水、嬰兒 搶救仍照舊

中國醫藥大學附設醫院急診部主任陳維恭指出，患者死亡前所吸進的最後一口氣，會讓血液殘留氧氣，就算沒心跳，血液仍有氧氣存在，短時間快速壓胸，可幫助血 液中氧氣送至腦部，讓腦部維持循環運作，以降低腦死機率。美國很早前就曾提出修改CPR標準，但缺乏更多研究報告證實壓胸確實較吹氣來的重要。

不過，石崇良強調，新版CPR指引提及，若心跳停止是因呼吸問題者，包括新生兒、溺水者、藥物過量引發呼吸變慢、中止者，還是得遵照舊版CPR規範，先做口對口人工呼吸，之後再壓胸。

石崇良說，衛生署蒐集國外資料及新版CPR指引後，將提送緊急醫療諮詢委員會討論，原則上會參照國際標準，最快明年上路。

Taiwanese officials mull adopting US guidelines on CPR

Staff writer, with CNA

Taiwan may adopt new guidelines for Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that were recently introduced by the American Heart Association, a Department of Health official said yesterday.

The new guidelines stress first compressing the chest and then breathing into the victim’s mouth, Bureau of Medical Affairs Director Shih Chung-liang (石崇良) said, because research has shown that fast chest compressions were more useful for sudden cardiac arrest than mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

At the same time, he said, many people, including both professional rescuers and bystanders, do not know how to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation correctly or were hesitant about breathing into strangers’ mouths, leading to delays in administering CPR.

CPR guidance in the West has been revised to put more emphasis on chest compressions, and Shih suggested that Taiwanese rescuers follow suit.

He said his bureau would pass information about the new CPR guidelines onto the National Fire Administration’ Emergency Medical Services.

“Taiwan is expected to adopt the new CPR guidelines next year at the earliest,” he said,

The new guidelines drop the old ABC training — airway-breathing-compressions — that called for rescuers to give two breaths first, then alternate with 30 presses, said Michael Sayre, coauthor of the guidelines issued by the American Heart Association on Monday.

Sayre said the ABC approach took time and delayed chest compressions, which keep the blood circulating.

Chen Wei-kung (陳維恭), director of Taichung-based China Medical University Hospital’s Emergency Treatment Department, said the last breath people take before sudden cardiac arrest leaves some oxygen in their blood. So if their hearts were massaged before help arrives, the oxygen in the blood could be pumped to the brain, helping lower the chances that the victims would suffer brain death, he said.

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自由時報 - 2010年10月6日

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Taking Early Retirement May Retire Memory, Too

By GINA KOLATA

Published: October 11, 2010

The two economists call their paper “Mental Retirement,” and their argument has intrigued behavioral researchers. Data from the United States, England and 11 other European countries suggest that the earlier people retire, the more quickly their memories decline.

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The implication, the economists and others say, is that there really seems to be something to the “use it or lose it” notion — if people want to preserve their memories and reasoning abilities, they may have to keep active.

“It’s incredibly interesting and exciting,” said Laura L. Carstensen, director of the Center on Longevity at Stanford University. “It suggests that work actually provides an important component of the environment that keeps people functioning optimally.”

While not everyone is convinced by the new analysis, published recently in The Journal of Economic Perspectives, a number of leading researchers say the study is, at least, a tantalizing bit of evidence for a hypothesis that is widely believed but surprisingly difficult to demonstrate.

Researchers repeatedly find that retired people as a group tend to do less well on cognitive tests than people who are still working. But, they note, that could be because people whose memories and thinking skills are declining may be more likely to retire than people whose cognitive skills remain sharp.

And research has failed to support the premise that mastering things like memory exercises, crossword puzzles and games like Sudoku carry over into real life, improving overall functioning.

“If you do crossword puzzles, you get better at crossword puzzles,” said Lisa Berkman, director of the Center for Population and Development Studies at Harvard. “If you do Sudoku, you get better at Sudoku. You get better at one narrow task. But you don’t get better at cognitive behavior in life.”

The study was possible, explains one of its authors, Robert Willis, a professor of economics at the University of Michigan, because the National Institute on Aging began a large study in the United States nearly 20 years ago. Called the Health and Retirement Study, it surveys more than 22,000 Americans over age 50 every two years, and administers memory tests.

That led European countries to start their own surveys, using similar questions so the data would be comparable among countries. Now, Dr. Willis said, Japan and South Korea have begun administering the survey to their populations. China is planning to start doing a survey next year. And India and several countries in Latin America are starting preliminary work on their own surveys.

“This is a new approach that is only possible because of the development of comparable data sets around the world.” Dr. Willis said.

The memory test looks at how well people can recall a list of 10 nouns immediately and 10 minutes after they heard them. A perfect score is 20, meaning all 10 were recalled each time. Those tests were chosen for the surveys because memory generally declines with age, and this decline is associated with diminished ability to think and reason.

People in the United States did best, with an average score of 11. Those in Denmark and England were close behind, with scores just above 10. In Italy, the average score was around 7, in France it was 8, and in Spain it was a little more than 6.

Examining the data from the various countries, Dr. Willis and his colleague Susann Rohwedder, associate director of the RAND Center for the Study of Aging in Santa Monica, Calif., noticed that there are large differences in the ages at which people retire.

In the United States, England and Denmark, where people retire later, 65 to 70 percent of men were still working when they were in their early 60s. In France and Italy, the figure is 10 to 20 percent, and in Spain it is 38 percent.

Economic incentives produce the large differences in retirement age, Dr. Rohwedder and Dr. Willis report. Countries with earlier retirement ages have tax policies, pension, disability and other measures that encourage people to leave the work force at younger ages.

The researchers find a straight-line relationship between the percentage of people in a country who are working at age 60 to 64 and their performance on memory tests. The longer people in a country keep working, the better, as a group, they do on the tests when they are in their early 60s.

The study cannot point to what aspect of work might help people retain their memories. Nor does it reveal whether different kinds of work might be associated with different effects on memory tests. And, as Dr. Berkman notes, it has nothing to say about the consequences of staying in a physically demanding job that might lead to disabilities. “There has to be an out for people who face physical disabilities if they continue,” she said.

And of course not all work is mentally stimulating. But, Dr. Willis said, work has other aspects that might be operating.

“There is evidence that social skills and personality skills — getting up in the morning, dealing with people, knowing the value of being prompt and trustworthy — are also important,” he said. “They go hand in hand with the work environment.”

But Hugh Hendrie, an emeritus psychology professor at Indiana University School of Medicine, is not convinced by the paper’s conclusions.

“It’s a nice approach, a very good study,” he said. But, he said, there are many differences among countries besides retirement ages. The correlations do not prove causation. They also, he added, do not prove that there is a clinical significance to the changes in scores on memory tests.

All true, said Richard Suzman, associate director for behavioral and social research at the National Institute on Aging.

Nonetheless, he said, “it’s a strong finding; it’s a big effect.”

If work does help maintain cognitive functioning, it will be important to find out what aspect of work is doing that, Dr. Suzman said. “Is it the social engagement and interaction or the cognitive component of work, or is it the aerobic component of work?” he asked. “Or is it the absence of what happens when you retire, which could be increased TV watching?”

“It’s quite convincing, but it’s not the complete story,” Dr. Suzman said. “This is an opening shot. But it’s got to be followed up.”

Food Safety Experts Take the Gloves Off / All 33 Chilean Miners Are Free

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And reporters have answers to every question you could possibly ask about their ordeal, including where they used the bathroom, why they don't have beards, and what Steve Jobs sent them as a gift.



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A series of food-safety studies found that wearing gloves in the kitchen can give cooks a false sense of security, making them more likely to contaminate food than if they went bare-handed.

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"消基會和標檢局昨天公布抽驗市售十二種合板，發 現一款普通合板甲醛釋出量超標八倍，民眾若長期暴露在含有甲醛的空間中，恐有致癌風險。 消基會和 標檢局抽檢高雄地區DIY賣場與木材行等通路，所販售的不同廠牌合板樣品，其中有一件普通合板甲醛釋出量不符合國家標準且標示 ..."我看到這則新聞 卻 想起江醫師的《江醫師魚舖 子》零污染無毒農漁業
那是許多年前的事
最近看一段他在TVBS的"看板人物"接受的訪問
知道他也開始查病患家中的裝潢等之毒

這 沒什麼
怪醫豪斯 (House) 中的
必備之檢查啦

江醫師

Eastern Europe | 11.10.2010

CEO arrested over Hungarian toxic sludge crisis

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: The spillage was described as Hungary's worst ever environmental disaster

Police have detained the director of the company that owns the reservoir which flooded several towns with toxic red sludge last Monday. But Greenpeace has condemned the government's own handling of the crisis.

Hungarian police have arrested Zoltan Bakonyi, CEO of MAL Rt., the Hungarian aluminum company that owned that plant, and Prime Minister Viktor Orban told parliament in Budapest that the government must now take over the company and freeze its assets.

The development comes as hundreds of volunteers, disaster-relief teams and engineers race against time to erect a new dam around a reservoir of chemical residue, which authorities fear could crumble if rain arrives as forecast later this week.

The new dam is expected to be completed on Monday evening.

Up to a million cubic metres of caustic red sludge poured from the waste reservoir of an alumina plant in western Hungary a week ago, leaving seven dead and a large area of countryside covered in red sludge.

A five-member EU civil protection team comprising French, Belgian, Swedish, Austrian and German experts has been dispatched to help limit the damage, the European Commission said in a statement.

EU chief Jose Manuel Barroso will also visit Hungary on Tuesday. Barroso is not expected to visit the site of the ecological disaster, but his previously-arranged talks with Orban are "timely," said European Commission spokesman Olivier Bailly.

Where to put the mud? Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: The Hungarian government faces scrutiny over its handling of the mess

The environmental group Greenpeace, which measured the chemical content of the mud, said that the desperate efforts to contain the damage and prevent further spillage will be dwarfed by the massive clean-up operation that is yet to begin.

"They can't even think about cleaning up at the moment," Bernhard Obermayr, Greenpeace campaign director for Eastern Europe, told Deutsche Welle. "That will be the big challenge in the next weeks, months, years."

Obermayr expects the operation to take a long time. "They will have to remove this unbelievable quantity of poisonous mud, as well as contaminated earth, and deposit it somewhere safely," he said. "Hungary doesn't even have the deposit capacity for this quantity of toxic waste."

Since it is still unclear how much of the underlying earth has been contaminated, the extent of the clean-up operation is still pure speculation.

"One million cubic meters is more or less what has already spilled out, and another 500,000 could be added to that," he said.

"That is an immense quantity. We're talking about 40 square kilometers of polluted earth. And we don't know how deep the contamination is yet. If it's a meter rather than half a meter, then obviously that means twice as much earth."

Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Greenpeace says the clean-up could take yearsPrivatization blamed

The Hungarian government has been careful to lay the blame for the catastrophe squarely with the operators of the aluminum plant, but Obermayr criticized the government's own response.

"The disaster happened last Monday, and we published the results of our tests last Friday," he said. "Until then, the government was silent about the extent to which the people living there were in danger. They didn't say anything about possible water contamination or even what chemicals we're dealing with. That really is very negligent."

Obermayr also said that very serious questions needed to be asked of the company. "A dam doesn't just break," he said. "Either there was too much sludge in the reservoir, or the dam was not properly maintained. In either case the owners have a very clear responsibility."

Greenpeace has also laid the blame on Hungary's privatization policy. "The company purchased the plant very cheaply in 1995, and have made huge profits from this plant since then," he said.

"Apparently either they didn't adhere to the safety regulations, or they over-burdened the dam in order to maximize the profits."

Greenpeace has also raised questions about the contingency plans for such an emergency. "We know that the company made no such plans," said Obermayr. "We can't prove whether the Hungarian authorities have acted negligently or not. But no-one comes out of this looking good."

Author: Ben Knight
Editor: Nathan Witkop

紅色多瑙河Hungary's toxic spill

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Living Planet | 07.10.2010 | 16:30

Hungary's toxic spill threatens Danube

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:

Hungary's toxic spill appears set to pollute Europe's second longest river – the Danube.

A wave of toxic mud was unleashed on Monday from the reservoir of an aluminium plant. It devastated a nearby village, killed four people and injured 120 others. The spill has been described as the nation's worst chemical accident.

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匈牙利鋁工廠污泥外 洩，從空拍圖可清楚看出污水池破裂導致污水外洩。 （歐新社）

〔國際新聞中心／綜合報導〕匈牙利四日發生重大工安意外，西部 奧伊考鎮一家鋁工廠的廢水池四日下午突然爆裂，導致約一百萬立方公尺的污泥與有毒廢水外洩，毒泥滾滾流入鄰近三座城鎮，導致許多房舍泡水，更有許多民眾因 接觸含重金屬的強鹼廢水受害。目前已有四人因此喪生，另有一百二十人受傷、七人失蹤，匈牙利政府已針對受災的三縣發布緊急狀態，並要求警方展開調查，並已 逮捕鋁公司負責人。

至少4死120傷 三縣進入緊急狀態

出 事的鋁工廠位於距首都布達佩斯西南方約一百六十公里的奧伊考，由於外洩的污泥與廢水多達一百萬立方公尺，多處民宅就像水災來襲泡在水中，其中部分民宅水深 達一．五公尺。受害民眾多是接觸到廢水導致皮膚燒傷、眼睛發炎。傷重不治的四人包括一名三歲兒童及一名僅一歲的嬰兒；而百餘名傷者包括八警、八名消防隊員 與一名軍人。

強鹼紅泥侵民宅 深達1.5公尺

匈 牙利環境保護官員伊雷斯五日視察災區時表示，這起事故是生態災難，也是匈牙利有史以來最嚴重的化學意外，他要求廠房暫停運作，且立即修補破裂的廢水池。由 於目前有毒廢水仍持續外洩，波及範圍已達四十平方公里，為避免流入馬卡河的污染物對相連的拉包河和多瑙河構成威脅，軍方直升機緊急朝馬卡河空投中和劑以防 災難擴散。

匈牙利史上最大化學災難 恐波及多瑙河

污 水池爆裂流出的紅泥，是鋁製程中產生的有毒殘餘物，內含鉛等高度腐蝕性的有害物質。據估計，每生產一噸鋁，就會製造約三噸污泥。出事工廠一九九五年成立， 隸屬匈牙利製鋁與貿易公司（ＭＡＬ），ＭＡＬ聲明指出，外洩污泥僅佔污水槽內容物的二％，而根據現場取得的最新水樣本分析，顯示污泥並無造成災害跡象，歐 盟並未將紅污泥視為有毒廢棄物，其成分也不會溶於水。

轉貼自自由時報電子報(2010年10月6日‧星期三‧農曆8月29日)

Journey to the East by Le Corbusier, Edited by Ivan Zaknic《東方游記》

位在嘉義縣太保的台塑南亞廠發生火警，大火一發不可收拾，總共出動50輛消防車，再加上直升機陸空滅火，但是截至凌晨一點左右，仍在進行殘火處理，灌救總 水量超過一百五十萬噸，相當於六分之一的蘭潭水庫蓄水量。不過根據南亞總經理吳嘉昭表示，這次的損失對南亞整體的營收，造成的影響非常小。紅色烈焰直衝天 際，濃煙不停竄出，這場大火已經燒了十幾個小時，卻仍然無法撲滅，到現在總共出動50輛消防車，不斷從地上拉水線，還出動直機，從空中拼命灑水，用水量高 達150萬噸，是嘉義縣有史以來，救災最多的用水量，不過因為南亞塑膠，是台灣唯一生產珠光紙的廠商，工廠裡堆滿了珠光紙，易燃物讓火勢更難控制，所以直 到凌晨一點多，仍然在進行殘火處理，怪手不斷清理燒毀的殘骸，對於這次的大火。總經理吳嘉昭表示，這間工廠每個月營收約1.5億元，相對南亞每個月200 億的營收，比例僅占0.67%，所以這次的損失，對南亞來說影響並不大。記者綜合報導。

南亞珠光紙廠 燒光

• 2010-10-04
• 工商時報
• 【記者曾麗芳／嘉義報導】

　南亞塑膠嘉義2廠昨日遭受祝融之災，火勢延燒逾12小時。從台北專程南下嘉義視察的南亞塑膠總經理吳嘉昭，面對全台唯一的PP珠光紙生產基地被大火燒到精光、滿臉無奈地說，包括兩台生產設備及自動倉庫的成品與半成品被燒毀，初步估計，損失約在1~1.5億元之間。

　面對嘉義縣府要求南亞嘉義2廠停工、重罰百萬罰鍰，同時要求南亞嘉義廠總體檢一事，吳嘉昭說，「南亞尊重嘉義縣政府的處份，停工後，南亞嘉義廠將進行設備總體檢，把工安擺第一」。

　吳嘉昭強調，台塑集團自從六輕事件之後，要求所有關係企業進行設備總體檢，發現缺失立即改善。

　他說，南亞嘉義2廠設廠已有25年了，從不曾發生重大工安事故，「這次大火屬於突發事件」，連他也覺得很意外，一時慌了手腳。

　吳嘉昭指出，這次發生火災的工廠，以聚丙烯塑膠為主要原料所生產的珠光紙製品，供應下游工廠加工製造標籤及印刷包裝材（月曆、筆記本..）等用途，單月銷售量約2,000公噸，該產品單月營收約1.5億元，「對於單月營收200億元的南亞塑膠來說，這場大火對南亞單月營收影響還不到1％」。

　吳嘉昭表示，嘉義2廠兩部設備月產能最高可達4,000公噸，目前產能利用率僅一半，實際損失還無法預估；不過，為將損失降到最低，同時降低對下游加工廠的影響，訂單將由南亞嘉義2廠對面的薄膜廠，以及大陸廠分別調配1部設備生產支援。

　吳嘉昭強調，因為燃燒的產品主要原料是聚丙烯塑膠，屬於可燃物，一旦起火，燃燒加速，溫度高、撲救不易，因此延燒時間才會如此長，「雖然不會產生有毒氣體，但南亞真的很抱歉」。

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