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Victims of the'radon bed' complain of pain, but there are many ways to go to compensation.

This is because the causal relationship, that is, that the person was ill using this bed has not been clearly proven, so the results of this verification are more noticeable.



Next is reporter Yoo Soo-hwan.



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Ho Byung-sook, who used a radon bed from 2007 to 2018.



I was diagnosed with cancer at a medical examination in 2015.



Cancer was overcome with surgery, but two years later, another cancer developed and is still fighting.



[Byeongsook Ho/Radon Bed Victim: My house has no one who died from the cancer, and there is no inheritance, but it is very questionable that I get cancer twice.]



However, the damage has not been legally recognized.



Last year, prosecutors said it was difficult to prove a causal relationship between radon beds and cancer, and they filed unprosecution against representatives of bed manufacturers.




In academia, studies have shown that the ratio of the number of patients to the population of radon bed users at a specific point in time, that is, the prevalence rate of lung cancer, is up to 5.9 times higher than that of the general population. Many pointed out that it is urgent to prove the harmfulness of the product.



[Park Kyung-buk/Director of Health and Environment Research Institute of Gimpo University: (Radon bed) This study is necessary to investigate epidemiological investigations such as time, types of cancer, and other diseases, which cancers can cause and how much cancer can occur through breathing. I don't think it is.]



Actually, compensation for damage to the humidifier disinfectant is also based on whether it is harmful.



Officials of Oxy, Lotte Mart, and Homeplus, who manufactured or sold humidifier disinfectants with proven harmful PHMG ingredients, were convicted three years ago, and Oxy victims received 330 billion won from Oxy so far.



On the other hand, SK Chemicals, Aekyung Industrial, and E-Mart officials were found not guilty in the first trial court, saying, "No harm has been proven," regarding products using CMIT and MIT ingredients, and it is unclear whether or not to compensate.



Therefore, the opinion of experts is that radon bed verification is a matter of great social impact depending on the results, so that a credible verification procedure must be secured with the support of the budget.



[Do-Myung Baek/Professor, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University: There is an international standard called GLP (Nonclinical Test Management Standard). To do that (applying), you actually need a certain budget, manpower, and what you usually did (experience)... .]



In addition, if animal testing is adopted, it is also necessary to closely check whether there are any problems with the experimental ethics.



(Video coverage: Park Dae-young·Park Hyun-cheol, video editing: Lee So-young)   



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