그동안 주민들은 조사과정에서 주민의견을 반영하지 않았고, 중간보고회 이전까지 조사가 비밀리에 이뤄지면서, 정부가 암 발병의 원인보다는 생색내기식 조사가 아니냐며 불만을 제기해왔다.
Until now, residents had complained that they did not reflect the opinions of the residents in the investigation process and that the government was doing a show-off investigation rather than actually investigating the cause of cancer as the investigation had been conducted in secret before the interim report.