People hold a demonstration remembering the victims who lost their lives from lung-related disease caused by toxic humidifier disinfectants in front of Seoul Station on Aug. 31. [YONHAP] The Korean government has recognized the causal relations between lung cancer and humidifier disinfectants sold between 1996-2011 that presumably resulted in the deaths of more than 1,800 people. The recognition of ties between lung cancer and the disinfectants comes 12 years after a humidifier disinfectant scandal first rattled the nation in 2011.

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