South Korea’s workplace safety is under scrutiny after five Seoul Metro maintenance workers were revealed to have been diagnosed with blood cancer, raising fresh concerns about long-term exposure to carcinogenic substances.
Officials on Wednesday said two of the five workers had died from “acute leukaemia”, the Korea Times reported, citing a study by the Korea National Open University.
The affected workers were responsible for maintaining trains on Lines 1 through 8 of the Seoul Metro.
All five…
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