Talk of the Day -- Formosa group sues academic over pollution study

Formosa Plastics Group has filed a libel suit against an academic for releasing a study that warned if a major petrochemical project was to be launched in central Taiwan, the average life span of local residents will decrease by 44 days and 393 people will die of related diseases islandwide.

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