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This issue first started in 2011, 10 years ago.

Four women who used humidifier disinfectant died of unknown symptoms of lung tissue stiffening, and victims of similar symptoms continued after that.

As the prosecution's investigation proceeded, some of the heads of companies who made and sold humidifier disinfectants were already punished, and a special investigation committee for social disaster was established to discuss measures to prevent recurrence.



However, today (12th) the court sentenced him to acquittal, saying that the cause-and-effect relationship was not clear, and if so, reporter Bae Jun-woo pointed out what more would be needed to find out the truth in the future.



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Special Investigation Committee for Social Disasters, which was launched in 2018, conducted an investigation into the facts on the damage of humidifier disinfectants along with the Sewol ferry disaster.



In November of last year, after two years and eight months of activities, the committee found numerous victims and called for improvements in laws and systems to help them.



It was also pointed out that manufacturers and sellers neglected to verify the harmfulness of humidifier disinfectants based on two prosecution investigations.



[Choi and horticultural / humidifier disinfectants Truth subcommittee chairs (last November): entrusted to overseas research institutions should have the inhalation toxicity tests to find out for permission to enter the respiratory and makes skin, you'll have something wrong oral toxicity test]



, but the Commission The limits of the investigation were also exposed.



The reason for the catastrophe was lacking.



It was pointed out that we did not even know how many humidifier disinfectant products were sold and how many were sold, and that we did not properly identify the risks of each disinfectant ingredient.



[Park Dong-wook/Professor of the Department of Health and Environment, Korea National Open University: I am not sure where the target point is.

There are so many projects and researches.

The special control committee was also launched too late, because it happened 7 to 8 years later...

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The lack of scientific proof of the cause of the accident led to the fact that the evidence was thrown in the courts that governed victory or defeat.



However, the victims are strongly opposed, and the prosecution has announced that they will appeal immediately, and a fierce verification of the harm is expected in the upcoming appeal trial.



(Video coverage: Seo Jin-ho, Video editing: Ha Sung-won)