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杜邦公司為全球最大的化學工業公司。1985年，杜邦向經濟部申請在鹿港的「彰濱工業區」設廠，生產二氧化鈦。此為當時四十年來最大的外資投資案，政府單位高度重視。但鹿港居民早已飽受工業污染之苦，而二氧化鈦的生產過程會產生一氧化碳、氯氣、四氯化鈦等廢氣及廢水，這項投資案因而引起居民恐慌。尤其「彰濱工業區」沿岸為台灣重要的養殖魚場，杜邦的設廠更引起漁民的反對。
反杜邦運動是台灣第一個反公害抗爭，也代表著當時台灣民間社會反威權統治的力量。該運動於1987年成功迫使杜邦取消計劃，也是台灣首例。1990年，杜邦公司轉而在桃園觀音鄉設廠。
DuPont is the world's largest chemical company. In 1985 it applied to the Ministry of Economic Affairs to set up a plant for producing titanium dioxide, or TiO2, in the Chang Ping Industrial Zone in Lu Kang. Since this was to be the largest industrial investment in Taiwan's history, the government accorded it high importance.
However, the residents in Lu Kang had long been plagued by industrial pollution, and the production of TiO2 threatened to result in toxic waste gas and polluted water emissions. This project frightened local residents, particularly the fishermen, because the coastal area of Chang Ping Industrial Zone was an important fish culture area.
The Anti-DuPont movement represented a challenge from Taiwan's civil society to the authoritarian government. The movement forced DuPont to cancel its plan. This is considered Taiwan's first successful campaign to protect the environment. DuPont eventually established the plant in Kuan Ying Township of Taoyuan County instead.
參考資料：台灣環境事件記錄小組：http://www.e-info.org.tw/ecostory，2006/6/16﹔Mab Huang, “Capturing the Image of Justice between Generations: A Preliminary Report on Four Confrontational Situations in Environmental Dispute,＂ 東吳政治學報，第十六期，2003。
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