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Refined Exposure Assessment for Three Active Ingredients of Humidifier Disinfectants

Environmental Engineering Research, 2013
Exposure assessment for three major active ingredients used for humidifier disinfectants, polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG), oligo(2-(2-ethoxy)ethoxyethyl guanidinium chloride (PGH), and 5-chloro-2-methylisothiazol-3(2H)-one/2-methylisothiazol-3(2H)-one
Jong-Hyeon Lee, Hyun-Joong Kang, Yong–Hwa Kim   +2 more
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Polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate exposure induces abnormal behaviors by disrupting synaptic formation and activity in the cerebral cortex [PDF]

Journal of Neuroinflammation
Background Polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate (PHMG-p), a commonly utilized ingredient in humidifier disinfectants, has emerged as a primary factor contributing to pulmonary damage, asthmatic conditions, and prenatal complications in South Korea ...
Moon Yi Ko, Jiwon Choi, Euijun Min, Minjeong Kim, Mi-Kyung Song, Dong Im Kim, Jiyoung Park, Heejin Park, Byoung-Seok Lee, Kyuhong Lee, Sung-Ae Hyun, Minhan Ka   +11 more
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Humidifier Disinfectant Consumption and Humidifier Disinfectant-Associated Lung Injury in South Korea: A Nationwide Population-Based Study [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Humidifier disinfectant (HD) is a household biocidal product used in humidifier water tanks to prevent the growth of microorganisms. In 2011, a series of lung injury cases of unknown causes emerged in children and pregnant women who had used HD in Korea.
Jeonggyo Yoon, Minsun Kang, Jaehun Jung, Min Jae Ju, Sung Hwan Jeong, Wonho Yang, Yoon-Hyeong Choi   +6 more
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Polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate induces epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cell-like properties via Wnt/β-catenin signaling in human bronchial epithelial cells

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Inhalation exposure to polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate (PHMG-p), a primary component of humidifier disinfectants, has been linked to interstitial lung disease and potential carcinogenic effects.
Gi Ho Lee, Seung Yeon Lee, Yong-Wook Baek, Jungyun Lim, Kyu Hyuck Chung, Hye Gwang Jeong   +5 more
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Multi-layer relationships between psychological symptoms and life adaptation among humidifier disinfectant survivors

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
In April 2011, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the results of an epidemiological investigation that an unknown cause of lung disease that occurred throughout Korea was caused by humidifier disinfectants.
Min Joo Lee, Hun-Ju Lee, Hyeyun Ko, Seung-Hun Ryu, Sang Min Lee   +4 more
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The past, present and future of humidifier disinfectant-associated interstitial lung diseases in children [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics, 2020
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 to inhalational exposure to toxic chemicals in humidifier disinfectants (
Eun Lee, So-Yeon Lee, Soo-Jong Hong
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Lung injury associated with inhalation of effective microorganism blends [PDF]

Acute and Critical Care, 2020
Since 2009, effective microorganisms (EMs) have been supplied by the local government to the citizens of Seongnam, Korea, for various environment-protective uses including manufacturing detergents, cosmetics and humidifier disinfectants.
Jee-min Kim, Yoon Jin Kwak, Ho Il Yoon
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Humidifier disinfectant-associated specific diseases should be called together as “humidifier disinfectant syndrome” [PDF]

Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2017
Humidifier disinfectant (HD) damage was terrible chemical damage caused by household goods that happened in only South Korea, but still very little is known in HD damage. Up to now, previous research tried to focus on interstitial fibrosis on terminal bronchioles and alveoli because it is a specific finding, compared with other diseases.
Leem, Jong Han, Lee, Jong-Hyeon
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Eye irritation tests of polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate (PHMG) and chloromethylisothiazolinone/methylisothiazolinone (CMIT/MIT) using a tissue model of reconstructed human cornea-like epithelium [PDF]

Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2019
Disinfectants including polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate (PHMG) and mixtures of chloromethylisothiazolinone/ methylisothiazolinone (CMIT/MIT) have been widely used in Korea to prevent microbial growth in the humidifier water, which triggered an ...
Juyoung Park, Handule Lee, Kwangsik Park
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Characteristics of a new respiratory syndrome associated with the use of a humidifier disinfectant: humidifier disinfectant-related respiratory syndrome (HDRS)

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2020
The purpose of this study was to characterize a new respiratory syndrome associated with exposure to a humidifier disinfectant (HD) in South Korea that is distinct from the well-known HD-related lung injury (HDLI). The authors identified this condition in 24 study subjects who were family members of patients with definite or probable HDLI (referred to ...
Jong Han Leem, Joon-Sung Joh, Young-Seoub Hong, Jungwon Kim, Soyoung Park, Soyeoun Lim, Yangho Kim   +6 more
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