On the morning of the 14th, victims of humidifier disinfectants are holding a press conference at the Environmental Health Citizen Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul. yunhap news
“On the day of the judgment, I heard the news of innocence while preparing dinner, and I only heard good news about everything. I thought I was wrong and looked for other news… How did such a verdict… ”
Kim Mi-hyang, 39, said about the court’s first trial ruling on the 12th, when he was acquitted of former executives of SK Chemicals and Aekyung Industrial, who were accused of the humidifier disinfectant incident. Kim, who has 10-year-old twin daughters, said, “All of the children’s bodies are full-fledged. I can see it just by looking at my child’s body, but I know with my eyes, but I don’t understand how he made such a judgment.”
On the morning of the 14th, the victims of SK and Aekyung humidifier disinfectants gathered at the Jongno-gu Environmental Health Center and held a press conference to protest the innocence of the court. Kim’s twin daughters, who participated in the press conference over the phone, used a’humidifier mate’ three months before their birth, and were then treated for lung fibrosis and pneumothorax. Since February 2012, I used about one and a half copies.
It was in August 2011 that the dangers of’humidifier disinfectant’ began to be known. Since then, six products, including Oxy, were forcibly recovered in November, but only a recommendation was made to refrain from using other products. ‘Humidifier Mate’ was a recommended item for’user system’.
Kim’s eldest daughter has a tracheostomy at 15 months due to severe lung fibrosis and has a tube around her neck. Mr. Kim said, “My daughter is going up to 4th grade in elementary school, and at school, children make fun of me with’humidifier disinfectant’.” Mr. Kim added, “It makes no sense to have only the victim and not the perpetrator.”
“What did the Ministry of Environment do…”
At a press conference for victims of humidifier disinfectants held at the Environmental Health Citizen Center on the morning of the 14th, Kim Seon-mi listens to her daughter’s medicine. Reporter Kim Jeong-yeon
In 2008, before the dangers of humidifier disinfectants were known, Kim Sun-mi, 36, who purchased’Humidifier Mate’ and used one bottle, was diagnosed with asthma in three family members, including two children and himself. In last year’s monitoring, a 14-year-old daughter had 69% of the lung utilization ability, and a 12-year-old son had 65%, and 71% of myself. Kim explained, “At the time of humidifier disinfectants, only the husband who lived with respiratory diseases such as sinusitis and acute oncosis had normal lung function with 80-90% of the time.”
Kim said, “When I saw the news of the ruling yesterday, my daughter asked,’Mom, then what kind of victim am I?’, and I couldn’t answer it.” “I tried to apologize to the children after the company took responsibility, but I couldn’t. Because of the judge, I became an incompetent mother.”
Kim’s anger turned to the Ministry of Environment. He said, “What did the Ministry of Environment really do? “How did the Ministry of Environment, who has been in charge of the trial, prepare and fight, so that the word’no causal relationship’ comes out?”
“Is animal testing prioritized over human evidence?”
On the afternoon of the 12th, a victim is weeping after the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul sentenced SK Chemicals and former CEO Aekyung to’innocent’. News 1
Sohn Soo-yeon (45), who used 80% of a humidifier mate for six months from December 2004, said, “In this ruling,’Pulmonary fibrosis occurred in humans, but it was not confirmed in animal experiments, so it cannot be proved.’ “Isn’t it necessary to change the front and back?” he asked, “Isn’t it necessary to say,’I can’t see it in animal experiments, but since it appeared in the human body, there was an error in work’.”
Mr. Son said, “In a trial that lasted more than 10 hours a day, a former SK researcher also testified that’there was toxic blisters when touched during the experiment.’ Animal experiments should be viewed as reference, not direct evidence, and direct evidence is children.”
Director Choi Ye-yong of the Environmental Health Citizen Center said, “I am questioning how consumers are affected by the product. Whether consumers should disclose it,” he said. “I will inform the unfairness of this decision through additional victim press conferences and expert press conferences in the future.”
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