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Microplastic contamination has been found in 100 percent of the water samples collected from Jiaming Lake (嘉明湖) in Taitung County, the second-highest mountain lake in Taiwan and a main source of drinking water for the Formosan sambar deer, a protected species, a study released on Sunday by Greenpeace found. Microplastics were also detected in up to 80 percent of the water samples collected from other sources along the hiking trail to Jiaming Lake, which sits at an elevation of 3,310m, the ...

/ Staff writer, with CNAMicroplastic contamination has been found in 100 percent of the water samples collected from Jiaming Lake （嘉明湖） in Taitung County, the second-highest mountain lake in Taiwan and a main source of drinking water for the Formosan sambar deer, a protected species, a study released on Sunday by Greenpeace found.

Taipei, Oct. 31 (CNA) Microplastic contamination has been found in 100 percent of water samples collected from Jiaming Lake in Taitung, the second highest mountain lake in Taiwan and a main source of drinking water for the Formosan sambar deer, a protected species, according to a research report issued Sunday.

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Tourists flock to Taipingshan to see snow, causing traffic congestion 01/09/2021 03:29 PM To activate the text-to-speech service, please first agree to the privacy policy below. Visitors stop for a quick photo on a snowy trail in Taipingshan, Yilan County, on Friday / CNA photo Taipei, Jan. 9 (CNA) A traffic jam was seen in Taipingshan in Yilan County, as tourists flocked to the mountain to see the snow, the scenic area administration in northeastern Taiwan reported Saturday. The Taipingshan Na...