SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales by Oxy Reckitt Benckiser, the South Korean unit of British household goods maker Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC, nearly halved over the past two years in the wake of widespread consumer boycotts, industry sources said Wednesday. Local civic groups launched boycotts as the company sold home humidifier sterilizers using [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Tuesday it will implement a prior approval system for biocidal products, such as disinfectants, starting in 2019, in a preventive measure after unscreened use of a deadly substance in a household humidifier disinfectant resulted in more than 70 deaths here. The Ministry of Environment announced the [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court on Friday fined more than 30 local firms for illegally distributing toxic chemicals used to manufacture humidifier sterilizers that led to scores of deaths and injuries. The Seoul Eastern District Court slapped SK Chemicals Co. and other firms with fines of up to 30 million won [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The toxic humidifier sterilizer case has left over 200 dead, with the potential number of victims believed to surpass 2.2 million. Although the controversy seems as though it’s finally coming to an end following the announcement of monetary compensation to victims of up to 350 million won ($314,000) by [...]