PX projects seek way out in China (2)

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What caused “PX anxiety”?

“Public’s wrong belief that PX has high risk of poisoning makes wrong information spread wild and fast. We still have a lot to do to promote knowledge about PX,” said Professor Wang Wenchuan from Beijing University of Chemical Technology. Fears are easily magnified, and rumors take this opportunity to spread, which results in mass panic over time.

In the government driven chemical projects in the mainland, enterprises and government gain project eventually, but local residents bear the risk of environment pollution. Once the people see the unequal treatment, of course they will oppose to the project, said professor Li Wanxin from City University of Hong Kong.

Without effective communication and dialogue, the public does not understand the project, so they are tempted easily by rumors and wrong information, said Su Weiwen, from business school of Hong Kong’s Heng Seng Management College.

People tend to believe the deceptive information because they lace trust in government. Having doubts for the producers’ management and government’s supervision, the public is unwilling to accept follow-up social cost, said Zhang Bohui with Hong Kong Lingnan University.

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