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Humidifier disinfectant outbreak in 2011. It's a painful wound, with more than 1,400 people dead and many victims who have to live with it all their lives. Military unit.

Air, sea and air soldiers have been using humidifier disinfectants for a long time in places like living spaces and military hospitals, and more than 800 have been confirmed by purchase records. Of course, the problem was banned as soon as the problem occurred, but until recently, there had been no investigation of the damage in the last eight years.

Reporter Kang Min-woo reports.

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Lee, who was hospitalized in the ROK Armed Forces Yangju Hospital during the 2010 military service, suffered lung damage.

A survey by the Social Investigation Special Investigation Committee found that the cause was a humidifier disinfectant inhaled at the hospital.

The special forces confirmed that they used humidifier disinfectants in the military, including 12 units, the Army, Marine, and Air Force units, as well as military hospitals and research institutes under the Defense Ministry.

Individual purchases from the Working Forces could not even be identified, suggesting that there may be more units using humidifier disinfectants.

[Ye Yong Choi / Humidifier Disinfectant Dismissal Chairman Sang-Kyu Shin Sub-chairman: A month and a half ago, there was a report that the military used such a humidifier disinfectant. We've been investigating this issue for almost two months and some of what we're presenting today is [

The Department of Defense says it has banned its use since 2011, when the problem was associated with the problem, suggesting that it identified at least eight years ago that it was used in the military.

But the Pentagon has launched an investigation into the recent damages.

It is not only the military's easy response to the problem of humidifier disinfectants.

When he was a child, he was forced to join the Army's 12th Division at the end of July, when he was unable to work hard enough to injure his lungs with a humidifier disinfectant.

I told the platoon several times about the obstacles caused by the humidifier disinfectant, but it was ignored and I had to run 1.5km every morning.

[A / A Humidifier Disinfectant Victim: When the platoon commander brought me to the infirmary, 'I don't just die when my lungs hurt.' Then… . If you're just here, it's going to die. I thought I'd just die while running.]

Because of this, he was removed from the training center, and there is no precise military service for victims of disinfectants.

It is pointed out that the military's understanding of the humidifier disinfectant causes both past and future victims.

(Video coverage: Kim Hak-mo, Seo Jin-ho, Video editing: Chae Chul-ho)