Most PAHs produced by human activities can be absorbed and accumulated by edible
organisms and pose a potential hazard to human health. However, the source …

Human exposed to low level of indoor humidity will have dryness (for skin, pharyngeal, eye
etc.) or respiratory symptoms, which are closely related with indoor thermal comfort and air …

Background It has been 10 years since the outbreak of lung disease caused by humidifier
disinfectants in Korea, but the health effects have not yet been summarized. Therefore, this …

Exposure to environmental factors can cause interstitial lung diseases (ILDs); however, such
types of ILDs are rare. From 2007 to 2011, an ILD epidemic occurred in South Korea owing …

Polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG) is a positively charged polymer used as a
disinfectant that kills microbes but can cause pulmonary fibrosis if inhaled. After the long …

Groundwater pollution, especially the co-contamination of emerging contaminants (ECs)
and conventional contaminants, is increasingly recognized as a critical global concern. Karst …

Since around the year 2000, hundreds of people in Korea have developed humidifier
disinfectant‐associated lung injury (HDLI). We collected all HD exposure‐related …

The use of humidifier disinfectant (HD) has been determined to be associated with lung
injuries (HDLI) in Korea. Although HD brands containing polyhexamethylene guanidine …

Abstract Background Humidifier disinfectants (HDs) were commonly used household
chemicals to prevent microbial growth in a humidifier water tank in South Korea. A growing …

In South Korea, several types of chemical disinfectants that had been widely used in
humidifiers since 1994 were found to be associated with lung injury and widespread lung …