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Developmental Toxicity and Thyroid Endocrine Disruption of Polyhexamethylene Guanidine Hydrochloride and Humidifier Disinfectant in Zebrafish Larvae

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
Polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG), a major component of humidifier disinfectants (HDs), is responsible for the outbreak of pulmonary diseases in pregnant women and children in South Korea.
Suhyun Park, Hyojin Kim, Kyunghee Ji
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Association between humidifier disinfectant use duration and lung cancer development in Korea [PDF]

open access: yesEpidemiology and Health
OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to assess the association between the duration of humidifier disinfectant use and lung cancer development. METHODS We analyzed data from 3,605 applicants registered for compensation from the Korean government due to ...
Sungchan Kang   +10 more
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Use of Disinfectants and Cleaning Products Associated with Respiratory Disease: A Scoping Review

open access: yesEpidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health
Introduction: there is extensive evidence on the harmful respiratory effects of exposure to disinfectants and cleaning products. Methodology: an exploratory systematic review was carried out in five databases: LILACS, PubMed, MEDLINE and BIREME.
Paula Andrea García Quinto   +4 more
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Risk of non-cancer respiratory diseases attributed to humidifier disinfectant exposure in Koreans: age-period-cohort and differences-in-difference analyses [PDF]

open access: yesEpidemiology and Health
OBJECTIVES Humidifier disinfectants (HDs) were sold in Korea from 1994 until their recall in 2011. We examined the incidence patterns of 8 respiratory diseases before and after the HD recall and estimated the attributable risk in the Korean population ...
Jaiyong Kim   +10 more
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Early-life exposure to humidifier disinfectant determines the prognosis of lung function in children [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2019
Background Use of humidifier disinfectants (HD) at home leads to chemical airborne exposure, causing HD associated lung injury (HDLI) with high mortality. However, the lung function in children diagnosed with HDLI is not well studied. We investigated the
Hyun-Ju Cho   +8 more
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Integrated evidence supports a causal association between PHMG-P exposure and pneumonitis [PDF]

open access: yesEpidemiology and Health
Polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate (PHMG-P) is a guanidine-based disinfectant previously used in household humidifiers in Korea. This study evaluated whether PHMG-P exposure is causally linked to pneumonitis by integrating epidemiological ...
Yong Joo Park   +8 more
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Humidifier disinfectant lung injury, how do we approach the issues? [PDF]

open access: yesEnvironmental Health and Toxicology, 2016
A large portion of the Korean population has been exposed to toxic humidifier disinfectants (HDs), and considering that the majority of the victims are infants, the magnitude of the damage is expected to be considerably larger than what has currently ...
Jihyun Emma Choi   +7 more
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Humidifier disinfectant, sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC): assessment of respiratory effects to protect workers’ health

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
In South Korea, it has been found that biocides used to control and eliminate harmful organisms are used as humidifier disinfectants and cause lung disease in users.
DongSeok Seo, Yong-Hoon Lee, JiMin Jo
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Hematotoxic Effect of Respiratory Exposure to PHMG-p and Its Integrated Genetic Analysis

open access: yesToxics, 2022
Polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate (PHMG-p), the main ingredient of humidifier disinfectants, circulates systemically through the lungs; however, its toxicological assessment has been primarily limited to pulmonary disease. Herein, we investigated the
Hwa Jung Sung   +12 more
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Kathon Induces Fibrotic Inflammation in Lungs: The First Animal Study Revealing a Causal Relationship between Humidifier Disinfectant Exposure and Eosinophil and Th2-Mediated Fibrosis Induction

open access: yesMolecules, 2020
Currently available toxicity data on humidifier disinfectants are primarily limited to polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate-induced lung fibrosis.
Mi-Kyung Song, Dong Im Kim, Kyuhong Lee
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