Now people are wondering whether the seabirds dying along Vietnam's central coast are also victims of industrial pollution. Fears that tainted fish collected off the beaches are entering this fast-developing nation's food supply have inspired outrage on social media and a wave of rare public demonstrations, putting pressure on a government that is accused of failing to protect public health in its push for industrial growth. Authorities have acknowledged a slow response as public scrutiny focuses on a massive Taiwanese-owned steel plant accused of pumping untreated wastewater into the sea. "My family has decided not to buy sea fish at this time," said Le Ngoc Bich, a clothing vendor in a traditional open-air market in Ho Chi Minh City. ...
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