SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The humidifier sterilizer controversy is extending further to typical retail printed receipts, with consumer anxiety on the rise. Several environmental organizations are claiming that bisphenol-related substances used in making receipts can be health-damaging. But related businesses are rejecting the claim, insisting that there is no proven relationship. Authorities are also looking [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) – With the latest controversy over the humidifier sterilizer scandal, consumers are become more anxious regarding daily products that contain chemicals. Fear and suspicion over chemical content are causing an overall decline in purchases of these products. Experts advise that the widespread fear over general daily products is unnecessary, and [...]
SEJONG, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s rapidly increased life expectancy has helped boost the country’s economic growth by 0.4 percentage point over the past 15 years as people tend to save more, eventually leading to an increase in spending and capital stocks, a report showed Thursday. South Korea’s life expectancy reached 82.4 years [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean pharmaceutical and biotech companies are rushing to conduct Phase I clinical trials. Phase 1 trials are the first step in human testing of new drugs, and they’re the first step in new drug development. According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, a total of 64 Phase [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The fifth case of Zika virus infection in South Korea has been found in a man in his 30s who recently came back from a business trip to the Philippines, local health authorities said Wednesday. The 39-year-old man, whose identity was withheld, visited Batangas, some 100 kilometers south of Manila, [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed that the rate of deformities in newborn babies in Korea is increasing. Approximately 5.5 babies per 100 are born with birth defects. Air pollution, endocrine-disruptors, and a lack of folic acid are believed to be the leading factors behind the increased prevalence of the [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government announced a package of anti-smoking measures on Tuesday that would affect electronic cigarettes as well. It will also push for the revision of health-related laws to tighten control on ads for cigarettes, especially near schools, under the plan unveiled jointly by the Ministry of Health [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – With the airborne concentration of yellow dust and other particulate matter worsening every year, Koreans are increasingly willing to open their wallets to get their hands on fresh oxygen. According to online shopping site Gmarket, sales of oxygen-related products from January to April 28 increased by a factor of [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — About one in 10 children in elementary, middle and high schools in South Korea are addicted to smartphones, a government survey showed Monday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family polled 1.46 million children in fourth, seventh and 10th grades and found 138,385 of them to be spending too [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The fourth case of a Zika virus infection in South Korea has been found in a 25-year-old woman who recently came back from a trip to Vietnam, local health authorities said Saturday. The unmarried woman, whose identity was withheld, worked in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam from April [...]