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Measuring ‘carcinogenic risk’…
A case of Jangsari group cancer
Cause unrecognized contamination
In a health impact survey of residents in Jangsan 5-ri, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, who have complained of mass cancer caused by the discharge of pollutants from wire and film factories, it was found that the concentration of some carcinogens in the atmosphere was at a dangerous level. However, the government rejected this result, notified the factory in advance, and only adopted the values measured during the time when the factory’s operating rate was low, concluding that there was a ‘limitation to confirm causality pollution and disease’. As a result, the way was blocked for residents of the affected area to receive compensation from companies, etc. According to the ‘Survey of Environmental Pollution and Health of Residents of Partial Areas in Jangsan-ri, Cheonan’ (organized by the National Institute of Environmental Sciences) obtained by Hankook Ilbo’s climate response team on the 20th…
