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At least five victims used CMIT or MIT-based humidifier disinfectants. [7] [8] The Korean government officially recognized 1,814 dead and 7,837 injured victims, [9] however, according to Korea national apparatus, Social Disasters Commission, including unreported cases, estimated 20,366 deaths, 950,000 health damages, and 8,940,000 exposures ...
Air Murder (Korean: 공기살인; RR: Gonggisarin) is a 2022 South Korean legal drama film written and directed by Jo Yong-sun. The film, based on novel Gyun by So Ji-won, [2] which deals with the humidifier disinfectant disaster that actually happened in Korea, [a] was released on April 22, 2022.
[7] ==Uses== PHMG was used in Russia to disinfect hospitals [5] and from 2001 on, it was widely used in South Korea as a disinfectant to prevent microbial contamination in household humidifiers. [8] PHMG was "originally marketed for cleaning a humidifier's water tank but instead used by the public as a water additive to suppress microbial ...
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From 2006 to 2011, the disinfectant polyhexamethylene guanidine and other toxic materials were used as a cleaning agent for humidifier water tanks in Korea, leading to severe lung disease. Eighty children died of the disorder and nine adults either died or needed lung transplants.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea says 23 people have died and more than 6,700 are isolated at homes and medical facilities as officials continue their efforts to put the MERS outbreak under ...
In 2011, the use of PHMG was dropped when the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) published a report showing a link between the compound and lung damage and deaths. [64] Several other companies in South Korea made humidifier sterilisers with PHMG between 2001 and 2011.