1.   The liquid metal mercury is devilishly useful in many ways and devilishly dangerous once released into the environment.

2.   Despite initial denials from Formosa that the waste is toxic, multiple independent testing determined it contains dangerous levels of the poisonous metal mercury.

3.   Initial tests have shown the waste contains the poisonous metal mercury, but the level of toxicity has yet to be determined.

4.   Preliminary tests have shown that it contains unsafe levels of the poisonous metal mercury.

5.   Several independent tests have found the waste contains an extremely dangerous concentration of the poisonous metal mercury.