The Silent Killer of South Korea That Murdered 1500 Young People
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- Опубліковано 2 вер 2023
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Imagine taking extra precautions to protect your child only to find out that those precautions may have led to their death? My heart goes out to all the parents.
The companies rely on the fact that it’s so widely used it can never be traced back to them. Cancer is associated with flame retardants, pesticides, polyester, cleaning chemicals, and plastic- who is NOT exposed to any of those? Yet even for the things which are already accused of being unhealthy, they’ll never be reconsidered from the shelves, and people who avoid them will be endlessly mocked by family and shamed by acquaintances for being “impossibly strict”. If you are skeptical of anything on the store shelves or in the doctor’s office, you’re labeled a freak for not trusting everything being sold blindly. That’s what these companies rely on- anyone questioning them might lead to accountability. They don’t care if it kills you, as long as they’re never caught!
I know. As a parent myself I can't imagine these parents pain. We try to hard to do the very best for our kids. 😢
Yes - just like a current 'jab' we are encouraged / forced to have.
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Nothing will evade God's judgment on Judgment Day.
its all planned by the USA pharma to DE-POPULATE.
That poor, poor woman who lost both children shortly after birth and thought she was a ''bad mom''. It's awful how women think they're at fault and ''bad moms'' if their bodies can't carry a baby or give birth to a healthy baby.
It’s so fucking horrifying that these parents are living with guilt because they’re human meanwhile the people running these companies are just like 🤷♀️ wasn’t me
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So what happened? 1 hour video. What is the tittle of this movie. The video is too long. Is this movie on Netflix?
@@eduardochavacanoum..listen to it?? Or go find a different video on another subject.
@@eduardochavacano it’s not a movie it’s a real story
It's actually estimated that there is over 14,000 people killed from this, 10x more than initially thought. That's so devastating
Oh my gosh that horrible
Yea I saw that too
It's worse when you consider all the people who didn't die, but instead were victims of Asthma or other pulmonary diseases :(
Look up what China does to Billionaires who are corrupt and who's actions lead to bad things.
(I can't say anymore because I have a report bot on me and saying things that even minutely violations gets removed.)
+all the family members who were emotionally affected
I was one of these humidifier babies back in the early 2000s.. my mom told me she was horrified when she heard the news about this cleaner and said she didn't even know she was slowly killing her child. Luckily she found out early on so I didn't have any health complications but man that's scary.
I'm glad you're okay, that's terrifying
Omg, thats so scary. Good for your mom to paying attention to the news, glad you’re okay
my grandparents always has a humidifier and as a child i thought it was funny to breathe the steamy air on purpose, that could have gone soooo wrong but thankfully (or maybe not) they weren’t good at cleaning it lol
Wtf that’s fücking terrifying
I'm glad you're okay.
This is disgusting. No child nor woman nor man nor animal should ever feel the pain of the solidifying of the lungs.
no living organisms should experience that ever..
(not hate im agreeing and adding on)
Those CEOs should
Mad respect for this
@@nicole..ilysmmm Yeah, mad respect for stating the obvious. This person is just so brave and virtuous for making this comment. A true person of infinite wisdom and virtue.
The person who killed them should just turn to stone
Big respect for the doctor in the first place . The few that actually cares about the citizens well being .
a lot of doctors care about people's well being... i'd argue most do. thats why they get into the profession. most doctors are good people. can't say the same about pharma companies/insurance companies/basically anything for profit but my experience with most doctors has been fantastic.
@@barbrothers2 yeah, but one bad apple ruins the bunch, you know? my brother's a nurse and in the hospital he works at there are a few absolutely trash coworkers that he has who don't give a flying fuck about any of their patients, but they don't get fired because of seniority. he had to quit because of the high stress and the amount of abuse he faced from those colleagues :/
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@@barbrothers2 lucky you must doctors I have tried seemed about the money and easy turn people away if not on their preferred insurance. I have heard many stories of poor treatment and stories of how they treat different people differently based on how much they earn off them like in cases of not doing through full treatments on people due to not good insurance to over treating do unnecessary treatments due to incentive of being paid high with some insurance for certain treatments. There are many that get into fields not out of passion for it but passion for the status money connected to it. I 'm sure there are genuine doctors out there but not sure they are the majority.
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Sad how the parents (who are NOT TO BLAME AT ALL) blame themselves soooo harshly and yet Oxy (the people who are 100000% TO BLAME) take no blame at all!
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This
It’s not fair
Look into what China does to billionaire who do stuff like this.
I just stumbled upon this channel yesterday. (The mall collapse) and I've been stuck! Been Binging for 2 days now! You are a spectacular story teller; your empathy, your frustration, the fight for the people. Your channel is definitely making an impact! Thank you for your time, your efforts and quite frankly your heart! You've definitely gained a new & loyal viewer.
Same here. First video I saw was the mall one last night. ..except i don't like her storytelling 😅 but the stories are so intriguing
literally same.
same bro
Idk if it was 1 or 2 days ago. Been letting the playlist run. It was her other channel where she does the mukbang n autoplayed to this channel. It started w the Samsung short about the daughters death in NY n here I am 😂😂😂. Good storyteller, unbiased, even though I don't agree at some points but pretty interesting events 😮😮😮
I also found the mall collapse video yesterday. Freaky stuff is going on and some people only care about themselves.
It’s crazy how the parents who are not even at fault are taking more of the blame and the responsibility than the companies who actually are at fault.
Companies always come out on top in every single country it’s not even a Korean thing it’s pissing me off
I am American so I could be WAY off but...
I would say that this is due to eastern cultures putting a lot into personal responsibility. Your families honor is in your hands to fuck up. While, up to a point this can be seen as honorable there comes a time when a line needs to be drawn and you need to be able to see that it was not your fault as you would had NO reasonable way to have the information that you needed to effectively make an informed decision. If this is the case then the leaders and companies in those places know this and take advantage of it. It's horrible and manipulating and just sad. You know, If I'm not showing how ignorant Americans can be...
Bc as a parent we always blame ourselves especially when it comes to feel like we are letting our kids down.. 😢
@@darrenbeard44while i personally think culture is a role, i think its a human psychology thing, you played a part in something horrible and while you werent aware and werent intentionally doing harm you participates and grief can bring about a lotttt of guilt in the human mind even when not valid.
Well said. I agree, it's a stage of grieving after all.. It's just such a sh***y situation to be in. Even though I am not from that culture I would probably guilt myself as well. Ultimately whos to say what I would do and I hope I'll never find out. I just hope, as generic as it sounds, that some peace has been found in these years following the tragedy. @@tiasmith4015
This reminds me of a thing I heard someone say: "if the punishment for a crime is a fine, that crime does not apply to the rich."
It's horrible that companies can sell a toxic substance because their monetary gain is higher than their court fees
Well depends what the fine is. If the fine is high then it changes things, and if there’s multiple fines then the plant could be shut down. My job is literally make sure in my plant that we don’t get fines and that we are compliant for this reason.
@@ihanakaunotar2741 A billionaire can shut down a plant or a business and recover easily. It's not equivalent to jail time, and hurts the employees more than the billionaire that committed the crime.
The quote is actually “If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class” and it's from the video game Final Fantasy Tactics but it's probably the most profound thing out of a video game ever.
@@plaidshirt9955Sometimes a profound piece of wisdom may come from an unexpected source.
I bet if the CEOs of the companies involved in these criminal acts got the death penalty for murder in cases such as this, things would change FAST.
I am a dad of a 7 year old boy that was kidnapped to South Korea.
Korea is a partner country of "Hague convention" that is supposed to promptly return children that were illegally taken across the border.
FBI was trying to book a flight to Korea to rescue the child. However, Korean government stopped them saying this is a civil matter and because it is not criminal in Korea, the dad should go through civil court. (Especially because Korea is a signatory state of Hague convention)
I did. Korea took 2 years to make a final decision that this boy has to PROMPTLY return to the US. But they didn't prepare an enforcement mechanism. I got a total of 10 court orders just in Korea(including the Korean Supreme court order). And my son Bryan's 3 week trip became a 5 year separation from me.
I talked to multiple Korean officials and although they admit the problem, nobody is taking responsibility.
They ask the child who doesn't even remember dad "Do you wanna stay here, or do you wanna go to Dad?" And if he says he wants to stay, they go home.
They say it's too late. "He doesn't remember you, so what do you want us to do?"
Korea calls this respecting the child.
On the other hand US court orders clearly states that the mother has serious concerns of mental issues and she is a threat to the child. The patenting evaluator said this is a form of child abuse.
Korea ignores this problem. They just say we can't do anything.
I love Korea and I wanted to trust that they can respect the law, but I am at a point that I have to take this into my own hands and raise public awareness. Last time I protested at Pike Place Market, and this time I went to Korean Consulate in Seattle.
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I would appreciate it if you can spread the words, and tell people.
If we can't bring Bryan back, no children will be safe from being abducted to South Korea.
Thank you.
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Heartbreaking. Absolute travesty of injustice.😢
We, the people will have to fight these types of things if we want to stay civilized societies.
There shouldn't be such a disparity of wealth, first of all, because the wealthy fear nothing, and have too much power. Every small voice should matter. It's getting worse and worse, if you are the common person, you are easily treated inhumanely. They don't bother to listen to us or honor our rights. We will all have to truly unite, and stop letting politicians divide us for power. And we have got to realize that it's still the truth, 'United we stand, divided we fall.' We have to help each other stand up to injustices together, or we will all fall victims to INHUMANITY.
Commenting so this gets boosted up hopefully more attention, that’s absolutely heartbreaking. I hope you and your son are back together and ok❤️
@@SilentThundersnow Thank you. The world is full of injustice and unnecessary pain and the victims or so easily forgotten. All we can do is speak for the truth and demand that this world changes. As long as we don't give up, there will always be hope. Thank you for your inspiring comment.
@@Lauriash Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. I am hoping that will come true, too.
thats horrible
I have asthma, I grew up with it. It dominated my childhood. When I was 10, this was in 2009, I got pneumonia before Christmas. I was hospitalized from the 14th-29th of December. 5 of those days, I was in a coma, on a ventilator. I had to re-learn how to breathe, and that was one of the most painful experiences in my life. I can't imagine the amount of pain those mothers and babies were in, not being able to breathe, not being able to take a deep breath. I feel for the boy who couldn't play outside with his friends, who needs 24/7 oxygen. My heart shatters for every single victim of this crime and their families.
Same, I have Athsma too 😢
Woah. I’m so sorry you went through that. I really hope you are doing better now.
@@Sallt-fr5frwomp womp
Same, having asthma attack feels like an elephant is sitting on your chest
That must have been really hard on you. Sorry to hear that. When I was 6 years old my parents saved me from developing asthma by taking me on the mountain resort for one whole month in spring. I was on fresh air every day surrounded by woods and clear air. I was lucky enough to escape it.
This is horrible, killing 1.5k babies/toddlers/infants? How do they not feel guilty? These type of people dont even deserve to live at this point. This is disgusting.
I know right?
EXACTLY!!!
Exactly I feel so bad for them like they haven’t even went through any experience of life 😓
Right? I'm still crying... And I don't have children, but I know how it feels like when you watch your loved one suffer and you can't do anything... My heart hurts for all the victims and their families...
@@morkawlanamk2319I started crying the moment I saw the image of the baby in an incubator in the very beginning of the video. Just seeing how tiny, precious, innocent, and beautiful that little baby is hurt my soul, thinking about & knowing the fact that people actually (rape, torture,) poison and murder them.😣😞 My heart is broken💔 just listening to this story. Smh..
Whoever had the idea to launch it as a humidifier disinfectant should be in prison, not the chemists who made the compound for other purposes, it’s frustrating
This is a top-management decision, and how the judges could come to the dumb conclusion to send the wrong people to prison shouts clear corruption and cover up to me.
Yes the person who pitched it and the marketing team who approved it should be spending everyday of their life behind bars. It doesn't take a genius to know putting strong chemicals in something meant to be inhaled is dangerous. Then telling people they don't even have to rinse the liquid out it feels as if this was done on purpose.
It’s so maddening and I feel so bad for those chemists
Please tell me your not spoiling the video , before people watch it......
Like seriously!
What is wrong with people you know everyone reads the comments before watching the video to see if everything is legit!
If you really need /have to spoil it,and can't keep it in.
Write
Spoiler Alert at the top.
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So no one can accidentally see what you are writing.
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Write what you want ,how come people don't know this or do they just not care , because but just ruins the video for everyone else
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Have a good day ⭐.
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@@cosmoloveshoney then don't read the comments
This is my second Rotten Mango and I am developing a taste for them.
I love Stephanie's "I was THERE" empathetic narrative style. From what I've seen so far, no victim-blaming, snark directed only at the evil-doers and an overall comfort level and audience respect.
Even the invisible sidekick adds intelligent questions.
Really good, kids. Really good.
i know its been one month but its cute how you refer to her husband as a sidekick 😭 also i completely agree with this comment, me and my friends at school always put her channel on a single chromebook during a boring class
I just started listening to these a couple of days ago and this is probably my 5th or 6th. She has such a great style. Amazing storyteller. Didn’t know that was her husband. I love him. He is such a great addition bc he is saying what we’re all thinking.
@@cherubiya I meant no disrespect. Then again, isn’t it good when your spouse is also your sidekick? (I missed the call where their marriage was announced, I guess.
“I cannot play any wind instruments, like the flute.” As a flutist, this statement was heart wrenching. That boy is so brave for continuing to speak out about this. I wish him and all the victims and their families the best.💔
The mega million dollar companies should be funding for EVERYTHING these families and children went/go through.
If abortion is legal, then what is the difference? It’s just a “parasite” like the left says.
Sadly for DECADES J&J Baby Powder talc had arsenic AND asbestos in it, and THEY KNEW IT! How many people got cancers or breathing problems from just that one example..and there's SO MANY MORE. I was a 9/11 rescue worker and us and the clean up guys were NEVER TOLD the air was FULL of asbestos!! The EPA knew and George Bush Jr asked them to tell people the air was safe, cuz you gotta get "Wal street" and "Mainstreet" going again. I was there for a few days and have asthma and about 20 autoimmune diseases...more people have died from the Asbestos now then the actual attack killed, and that's KNOWN data! The clean up guys to first responders like firemen, paramedics,nurses,etc and police who survived were told the levels were safe even though the EPA was getting readings of 120,000x the recommended safety limit, but we're never told. There were over 400,000 people who helped out at ground Zero...I wonder how many ACTUAL deaths there are. It's a disgusting world.. Subway got caught a couple years ago putting RUBBER into their sub buns!! As long as someone is making $$$ we don't matter!!
It's not going to stop until we put them in prison. They'll just put those costs into the bottom line and charge more. Just like when they "tax big business." We pay it.
Unfortunately in asia branches tend to be very diff from their main branch. So im pretty sure the korean branch were the only ones paying for it
And it’s the fact that the lawsuit was only 9 million. Which is nuts, not enough for sure
It took them TWO YEARS to investigate?!?! They were literally sentencing all those babies to a painful death. This is infuriating!!! These parents thought they were doing everything right! Heartbreaking!! 1.5k children died this is so tragic!!
Hate to break it to you, but South Korea security sucks , like it’s much worse than many poor nations. The country is safe coz of its citizens culture and not coz of the police.
This was the air humidifier case right? It was because the actual company item was a air disinfectant. Logically speaking that would be the last thing you suspect even causing you any sort of problem.
Think about it. The amount of things in general you touch at a given time during the day, the air you share with people, coughing, sneezing, elevators, enclosed spaces, the people who may not even show symptoms at all, the asymptomatic carriers, elderly it’s insane the amount of ways someone can get sick. Typically Your not infected until you show symptoms but you know that everyone’s different and I know personally that between my kids and myself were this sensitive body type who gets some odd reactions to virus like a strep rash but not strep throat.
Thousands of people didn’t think that this was the cause.
But if I recall correctly, there was one chemical or perhaps maybe two, or some lilac scent that was the likely cause. Can’t recall if they narrowed it down to the specific chemical doing this.
South Korea made a film about this tragedy, oh my god. Sk films are amazing but any film involving children and babies, I mean I’ve seen Silenced and parts of Hope, so watching that movies going to rip my heart out 100 times over and over again.
But wasn’t there some company coverup too?
Agreed...if you think litterally lungs were turning to stone. Thats equivalent to putting a plastic bag over a child's head and making him smother to death.
But you know...dying in ic in hospital do not sound as bad, as having a plastic bag over your head.
The first problem in investigating is to figure out what questions to ask. In novel cases like this, that is often what takes so long to get an investigation going.
I made the mistake of googling and more recent estimates say the product could actually have killed more like 14,000 people and maimed upwards of half a million. It is utterly horrifying that South Korean officials say on their hands for so long.
My Mother had 3 still births before me, and it took such a toll on her that she was never the same. I was born via emergency C section after hours of labor, the doctors pulled me out and away from my mom and I was silent, she thought it was happening again and she said no one was saying a word to her and she was more and more afraid. Then she was stitched up and brought back to her room and then they wheeled me up to her and she finally got to take her baby home. I really feel for these families.
Wow... Even 1 stillbirth could really change a woman... Let alone 3. I hope you both could build a warm relationship in spite of that
Absolutely horrifying how they didn't say anything to her. Usually unless the person is under general anesthesia they at least give them updates about their baby/babies.
The dad crying about wanting to tell his babies that their mother tried her hardest was beyond my emotional capacity to watch.
1.5k?! That's absolutely nuts. I don't think I've ever heard that many killings happen and it wasn't because of a terrorist attack.
1.5K? That's nothing. Let's fill up the comments here with talk about covid. DJT played it down and let a million people die, and he's still a hero. The people who thinks it's his supporters that helped spread the disease everywhere. The people who thinks China is responsible. The people who thinks covid doesn't actually kill anybody, it's the vaccines and lockdowns that cause all the problem. And frequently, these two last groups are the very same people ... which is a bit weird when you think about it.
Clearasil is also RB.
The Chaebols are going to come for Stephanie.
@jisungrocks5871 but that doesn't mean it's made of rug cleaning solution lol
Not good 😢
It really felt like a gut punch hearing all these parents blaming themselves for something that they had no way of knowing while the companies that actually caused this pretend to be completely innocent.
I lost my 4 day old daughter 😢 the pain is something I can't explain. And the father of her told me WHEN I was with him said why are you so upset she was ONLY 4 days old not that you got to know her and connect..... I don't think men or women that never carried a child will ever know. That baby was me born from my calcium. My heart ,lungs ,hair,nails. Everything there's is nothing more connect then a mother. Well a actual mother. She died in my.arms feeling her last heart beat. This pain is still horrific
I’m so sorry for your loss 💔
Im so sorry ml😕🫶🏼
This is beyond heartbreaking. The companies' are MONSTERS. They don't care if they kill people. They are HEARTLESS!!
I was cleaning my humidifier that was collecting dust for over a year while listening to this I cried seeing all the parents blaming themselves for something that they had no idea or control over. Things like this are what happen when corporations put money over the real people who are giving them said money.
I use to use one heavy (bronchitis) and I said I’m glad the most I used was dish soap to clean it 😅
@@sewgeekdesigns9113 it's why I don't trust big corporations
Corporations are ALWAYS putting money over people
Mina? funny seeing you here 😂. but really what happened was messed up.
@@Tr0lly yes, I do agree with you
This case is so terrifying and a grim reminder that you can’t be too safe or trusting of anything. Thank goodness for the persistence of Dr. Hong. It’s just unfortunate the great lengths he had to go through to be heard when there were so many obvious signs that something tragic was happening. Sending prayers for all the victims and their families. Truly heartbreaking 💔
Sadly for DECADES J&J Baby Powder talc had arsenic AND asbestos in it, and THEY KNEW IT! How many people got cancers or breathing problems from just that one example..and there's SO MANY MORE. I was a 9/11 rescue worker and us and the clean up guys were NEVER TOLD the air was FULL of asbestos!! The EPA knew and George Bush Jr asked them to tell people the air was safe, cuz you gotta get "Wal street" and "Mainstreet" going again. I was there for a few days and have asthma and about 20 autoimmune diseases...more people have died from the Asbestos now then the actual attack killed, and that's KNOWN data! The clean up guys to first responders like firemen, paramedics,nurses,etc and police who survived were told the levels were safe even though the EPA was getting readings of 120,000x the recommended safety limit, but we're never told. There were over 400,000 people who helped out at ground Zero...I wonder how many ACTUAL deaths there are. It's a disgusting world.. Subway got caught a couple years ago putting RUBBER into their sub buns!! As long as someone is making $$$ we don't matter!!
I'm going with it's on Oxy. They suddenly thought that it's a good idea to use industrial strength rug cleaner in a humidifier sterilizer safe for when it was in use..... They lied about its intended use and didn't wait for additional tests to come back.... They knew.
I had my son during Covid, and he got it at 2 months old, his breathing was shallow and I was so terrified. He handled Covid better than I did, thankfully. But I took him to the er right when I noticed his breathing was off, I can’t imagine a nurse or dr telling me what these parents had to hear. Just awful. Thank you for everything you do, your channel rlly makes an impact. ❤️
Thank u Stephanie for shining light on some of the most horrifying cases
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Yaasss! She's my hero.
Yes 💯
This young lady does such a good job at telling the story!
Absolutely agree
yes, she is so good and so interesting. Listening to her save me reading news, I can listening to her while working. Killing two birds with one stone.
She isn't fully medical but her descriptions are excellent otherwise
i’m so glad to see that stephanie has changed as a person. her old videos were she did mukbangs and true crime were unbelievably disrespectful. happy to see that she has taken a more serious tone
This was my first time hearing her, so I was very impressed with the interesting way she presented the account.
My mum, ever since I can remember, has always been really paranoid about any kind of inhalant being used in the house. We never had candles, air freshener sprays, cleaning sprays, humidifiers, etc. It got instilled into me too as I grew up. As a kid it never made sense to me, but now I get it. We really don't know the long-term effects of a lot of these things. Where my mum is from, they commonly use coils that you burn to keep mosquitoes away. Turns out they can also cause respiratory problems. It's a minefield out there. Those poor parents were just trying to do their best.
I feel the same with essential oils in humidifiers. Waaaaaay too risky!
Your fiancé is great! As soon as I get confused he gets as confused as me and asks you to repeat yourself so that everyone listening at home can understand. This is a detail of these videos that I really appreciate, thank you! Cheers from Sweden
Han är verkligen guld värd 😃👍
Stephanie, you should do a video about the Chinese Milk Scandal of 2008, when formula milk in stores were contaminated with melamine which ended up in over 50k babies getting hospitalized and some of them even dying from kidney failure.
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Also don't forget tofu dreg construction when Chinese building firms run out money and finish the building using fake cement. Killed the entire girls volleyball team all 14 of them they were only kids this happened this year I believe 2023
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Behind The Bastards did a great podcast about this situation.
I remember that. At the same time, pets worldwide were dying for the same reason. I called my manager at home because her dogs ate one of the affected brands.
Greed is a plague, and the sickness hurts those with little or nothing.
How did the whole world not know this happened?! I’m stunned and horrified. I’m American and had never heard of this. There must have been efforts to keep it in Korea and not in the global media.
Maybe South Koreans didn't want to cause worldwide panic.
Why would you think American news would cover this
I'm European living in the US and America almost never cover world news unless it is a huge enough disaster but barely even then it is like a footnote compared to what I'm used to. I'm guessing it is because so much is happening within the US every day that airtime need to prioritize national over international. I also suspect that in this kind of news the language barrier plays a role too.
Even if it was in 2009/2011 I wouldn't be watching the news.
totally! lots of efforts were made to keep this under the rug. they can't shut up people in South Korea, but they sucessfully shut up press everywhere else in the whole world.
American here. I've never heard of a humidifier sanitizer. I have a humidifier for the Ohio winters here & I only ever use white vinegar & water to clean mine, current & past ones. Never a problem with it. I sometimes store it with a bit of baking soda in it just incase of leftover moisture after drying.
Can't wait to hear the rest of the story to see how the sanitizers were faulty. Crazy story. I don't remember hearing about it, but it was a while ago. I love your storytelling.
I just googled oxy and they even sell skincare products , medical supplies & pharmaceuticals, my god , durex is sold in India but I never used it but its so hard to know the wrongdoings of every company without any regard for the consumers human life. My heart breaks for the families of the victims and I wish the future of chemicals in products be better regulated as the human life is priceless.
As a pharmacy student, this made me sob. And inspired me to always be critical on every experiment and work i will ever do. This case just really hit hard for me.
Work honest and true...we what we make on this world...bless you.
Me too… I’m working towards being a paediatric surgeon and story’s like this encourage me to be even more critical and hyper focus on every detail with every patient
Oh then you should (or maybe shouldn‘t. Research at your own risk, but I do believe that knowledge is power) look into the „Contergan-Skandal“, which was brought to light in 1961-62 in Germany
My best friend died in her early 20's from the same exact symptoms!! Her lungs got hard as rocks so they couldn't inflate leaving her unable to breathe! They had no idea what was going on with her! She was 💯 healthy!!! They were only able to find out what caused it during her autopsy that a few days before she had been cleaning her oven in a small new apartment that she had just rented and she used easy off to clean it and her breathing it in not realizing how toxic the cleaner could be and it killed her!!! That was the worst day of my life.. i lost my very best friend, I've never been the same since. My heart breaks for the families of these babies! 🙏🙏
I'm so sorry for your loss! And, it's not going to help at all, but it's probably the exact same chemical in oven cleaner (which we also used when I was growing up), because guess which company owns Easy Off? Reckitt Benckiser LLC. Yeah. They're STILL using it, apparently.
@@Trainwreck_Art TBF Easy Off does NOT have the ingredient that caused this incident, and most of those cleaning products have a huge "DO NOT BREATHE IN FUME" warning on them.
Not sure if she inhaled too much of it but sodium hydroxide (which is the main ingredient of Easy Off) burns A LOT (it's called caustic soda for a reason) and she would presumably be aware of it before it reaches dangerous level of concentration in air.
I’m sorry for your loss may she rest easy 🙏🏽🙏🏽
oh god thats horrific Im so sorry for your untimely loss. Also duly noted..
I’m so sorry. It’s hard losing a loved one.
This story has been under so many other stories from places people are familiar with. Never would I have thought about all the tragedies in Korea. Now I see the pain they go through and can acknowledge the lives effected.
You telling these stories are very informative and spreads awareness. You are doing the world a kindness by sharing these tales.
As someone who had to use a humidifier as a child because of my chronic lung issues, Im so glad that i was unaffected by this. That's terrifying in so many ways.
Since S Korea is going through a huge birth decline and has been for years, you would think that they would do better to look after the young people they have... - between this case, sewol tragedy, itaewon, SA in schools, and the absolutely brutal education system that pushes the kids and their families to the brink, causing some to unalive themselves, it's crazy that they don't do more to protect and set new standards for looking after the precious children they even have... !
Thank you as always for bringing this case to our attention. I had no idea about it and now will be a lot more cautious about any chemicals I use in the house... and we wonder why cancer rates are so high... I'm sure there are many many silent killers out here in our world that have been doing damage over time and haven't been caught.
I was thinking this exact same thing!!! Soo many tragedies involving young people!!....How is it that S.Korean authorities take no care to protect the youth!! no wonder the decline in population !! 😱😱😱 Such is their negligence dear God !!!
Ehh the education system thing was more of a China and Japan thing when it comes to brutality… but yeah I didn’t know South Korea had a decline in birth rates… I thought they were fine and it was Japan that had the major birth decline… the US has Birth decline as well as Europe… it could be because Ideology or economic struggle that is occurring because bad government practices…
@@mrpumperknuckles1631have u not seen her cases on bullying issues ? Like there was even a case recently where a teacher killed herself. S korea has so much bullying ing as well a bullying revenge movie was even made from the gruesome bullying ling in s korea
@@mrpumperknuckles1631 SK's birth rate is actually the lowest in the world, it's substantially worse than Japan's
@@mrpumperknuckles1631South America, china, India, and many other countries are having a birth decline. It’s world wide, so it can’t JUST be ideology.
We talked about this in my first semester of medical school. It was about how you can't trust certain labels because they don't tell the full story. It was heartbreaking to hear about. To think they knew it wasn't safe and pushed it for young families makes me sick
Sadly for DECADES J&J Baby Powder talc had arsenic AND asbestos in it, and THEY KNEW IT! How many people got cancers or breathing problems from just that one example..and there's SO MANY MORE. I was a 9/11 rescue worker and us and the clean up guys were NEVER TOLD the air was FULL of asbestos!! The EPA knew and George Bush Jr asked them to tell people the air was safe, cuz you gotta get "Wal street" and "Mainstreet" going again. I was there for a few days and have asthma and about 20 autoimmune diseases...more people have died from the Asbestos now then the actual attack killed, and that's KNOWN data! The clean up guys to first responders like firemen, paramedics,nurses,etc and police who survived were told the levels were safe even though the EPA was getting readings of 120,000x the recommended safety limit, but we're never told. There were over 400,000 people who helped out at ground Zero...I wonder how many ACTUAL deaths there are. It's a disgusting world.. Subway got caught a couple years ago putting RUBBER into their sub buns!! As long as someone is making $$$ we don't matter!!
I remember the “pure cookie” video where the guy thinks “pure ingredients” means it is free of contaminants then another UA-camr debunks it because “pure” just means it has been thoroughly tested and may still contain everything a normal ingredient has. And it’s long expired.
Don't take anything for granted. Especially caregivers for children.
In a way I do understand what the person who said, "Why would you inhale a sanitizing product when we are being told that we cannot consume nor inhale hand sanitizers?". It's something that once told you, you'd feel like "Right. Why am I doing this or that?". Like, it seems simple to think logical or rational enough to realize this, but somehow, complacency tells people not to even think about it. And that complacency had become natural so we cannot really blame people for it. It's just something, that makes you think and realize things.
I genuinely like how you have whoever is on the side and they just have remarks, or just you genuinely telling him a story and we are listening to yall
It’s her husband!
This is horrific! Why hasn’t this been headlines worldwide news?? Thank you for bringing it to light in such a compassionate and heartfelt manner
Because it happened in Korea in 2011
it still should have been worldwide news, but these disgusting big corporations stick together and try to sweep it under the carpet. Sadly it's not an isolated incident in this world :(@@poobiesims
@@poobiesimsah yeah, we didn’t have news back then.
This didn't get major coverage back then and it wouldn't nowadays either because the mega corporations work together to silence bad press. The media companies get A LOT of funding for advertising (like TV commercials) from these mega companies so they will work extra hard to make sure the stories that make their sponsors look bad stay hidden from people like you and me. It's honestly infuriating when people don't see the correlation between stories like this and the C0VID v@ccine and other medications NEVER getting any bad press. It should make you think.
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I studied chemical engineering so it really enrages me how irresponsible these companies are. When handling these chemicals, especially chemicals for industrial use, it is important to share the safety data sheet with the full information of its toxicity (if inhaled, consumed via the mouth etc) and it confuses me how Oxy was able to say, they were not informed by the korean company. and how was Oxy able to make a new product without studying the sds? the researchers involved, who accepted the bribe, are heartless. the fact that they know the effect of the product and still took the money... I hope they rot in jail. and those corporations, they get haunted with these deaths for the rest of their lives
boi you living in fantasy if you think they care for the deaths.
Money is everything to them.
Yep, I’m in the same field and I’m surprised. In USA this could get you sued hardcore. Not everything has that info, generally when they get toxicity they have to kill animals for it, which is pretty messed up.
Same with our fluoridated water, the metals in medicines and I don't even mention the stuff sprayed in the skies.
@@ihanakaunotar2741ya know this is the *real* reason we have guns , right? Our forefathers knew damn well what could happen if those in charge went unchecked. So they left it to "the people" to keep em in check , ya know? If one of mine died like this ? I'd pile up body after body just to prove a point. Start at the top work your way down. Not sure exactly what I would do but I am creative I'd come up with something and they sure as hell wouldn't like it. Imo when shit like this happens? Imagine getting those emergency alerts (like when a local kid get kidnapped) but in this case it's the name + address of the perpetrators along with pics + description of their crimes *and* it would put a price (reward) $$$ just to make it interesting. When sensing announcement I'd be sure to have message for perpetrators like "in exactly 1 hour your entire family will join you on this list. Every one of em" lol imagine millions of people all looking for you ? Every billboard airports cell phones etc if you screw over the people then you will face the justice of those same people. Even the richest among us couldn't pay everybody to not hurt them .
Stop trusting the government and these 3 letter agencies. They are evil. They are puppets for the Luciferian Freemason global banking elite.
I shared this. This still needs to be talked about. Too many companies/ corporations get away with way too much, Especially big pharmaceutical. This shit happens far too often. Thank you for your hard work and presentation.
I’m super impressed with your channel. I adore your passion, the natural storytelling manner you have that no doubt takes so much preparation. Your presentation doesn’t feel scripted and you have so much detail. I feel like I’m sitting in your living room with a friend. You’ve gained a new sub, ❤️
For the black community it’s hair relaxers, turns out it causes cancer and for decades it was sold as something safe. I can’t imagine what else will come out in the future as a silent killer. RIP to all of those victims, my heart goes out to the families ❤ this is so sad and so unfair.
Damn. The more I see, the more I realize that going "chemical free" isn't some crazy doings. It's the best thing that you can do for yourself and your health
And the way it's so normalized to put chemicals in our hair, our body and our home not knowing what they actually do.. it's crazy
@@hanien6230well best we can do is go to the forest and bathe in the river
(untill a giant factory and big cities ruin them too)
Idk about that but I know most hair products aren’t given safety validation when it comes to hair treatments. For example hair bleachers and dyes have warnings that it’s not FDA approved and that you are to avoid getting anywhere near open wounds and wombs. There are also shampoos that tells you to avoid getting in your eyes mouth or nose.
We need to be careful with all chemicals as is because you never know what is going to cause major side effects to your body.
Consumable products are mostly fda regulated. Chemicals are CDC regulated to approve whether they can be used for application of skin, hair, etc.
I do know hair relaxer is a highly strong chemical to begin with so it might cause skin to negatively react. Also hair can also negatively react to the chemical. It all depends on the person.
Like talcum powder
Killing 1.5k people is absolutely disgusting
I know 😓
@@EtherealzkookSadly for DECADES J&J Baby Powder talc had arsenic AND asbestos in it, and THEY KNEW IT! How many people got cancers or breathing problems from just that one example..and there's SO MANY MORE. I was a 9/11 rescue worker and us and the clean up guys were NEVER TOLD the air was FULL of asbestos!! The EPA knew and George Bush Jr asked them to tell people the air was safe, cuz you gotta get "Wal street" and "Mainstreet" going again. I was there for a few days and have asthma and about 20 autoimmune diseases...more people have died from the Asbestos now then the actual attack killed, and that's KNOWN data! The clean up guys to first responders like firemen, paramedics,nurses,etc and police who survived were told the levels were safe even though the EPA was getting readings of 120,000x the recommended safety limit, but we're never told. There were over 400,000 people who helped out at ground Zero...I wonder how many ACTUAL deaths there are. It's a disgusting world.. Subway got caught a couple years ago putting RUBBER into their sub buns!! As long as someone is making $$$ we don't matter!!
It's scary and sad because when you look it up it says it's estimated at closer to 14,000 deaths
@@MackenzieNerdyEMTWHAT??
And yet we all just know it now...hell on earth it is.
I just found this UA-cam channel and can't stop watching
This is such a crazy story, I love how you tell your stories instead of saying this is what happened you share, as if you are reading a novel to me and I love that perspective
As a mother, this hit hard. The evil, uncaring people who made the decisions that led to this disaster, ought to suffer a million times more.
Exactly 😢 Another mama here.
Same I have a toddler and a 2 month old. I also have chronic auto immune illnesses. This hits so hard its scary 😨
@@officiallytrustissues5411 I hear that. I believe a large number of parents feel that way currently
Why aren't the victims compensated??? Yes, you're right, they ALL should pay!! A good lawyer should take on a class action lawsuit. A new lawyer needs to be found.
I believe that's not the matter, corruption and brivery is. There's no other way these killers would have gone unpunished
This would be a billion dollar lawsuit in America.
When people are compensated like for vaccine injury, it's not the companies that pay, it's public funds, takes. Same when suing police etc, the officers don't pay the city's tax payers do.
@@lovenloyalty777 as person who has been through a lawsuit. The corporation pays. This is a billion dollar company they need to pay all the victims.
@@lovenloyalty777 In this case with the humidifier cleaner it would not be the government/people that pay it would be the company itself. What does this have anything to do with a vaccine?
Hey Rotten Mango ill tell you what iv been watching your videos all day long. Iv always tried to keep up with stuff going on in Korea, its always been pretty interesting to me so your channel is right up my alley. Im glad i found you. Theres alot of content and its gonna take a while to watch it all. Really good stuff. Its crazy how in the end poeple all over the world have such crazy stuff that happens.
I'm one of those people who went into the hospital pregnant and in labor and left without my baby. My son died in my arms after a placental abruption at 23 weeks, he survived 2 days, and ultimately had to be taken off of life support when the bleeding in his brain became too much for his system to handle. I know the feeling of this, but I still can't imagine 1500 people dying in such a way, and the heightened sense of (misplaced) responsibility for the deaths these parents felt because of the humidifiers. I hope everyone involved finds some sense of peace even though I know how difficult it is to achieve.
I’m so sorry for your loss 💔
Given Korea's decreasing population, I would have expected the government to thoroughly investigate these infant deaths with unknown causes as soon as they were made aware of them. However, it appears they only initiated an inquiry once the issue was brought to public attention, possibly to protect their reputation.
Korea sell their childen DECADES. In Canada, Norwegia etc. Children who have living parents not fully orphans. And doing it now with so called "international adoption"
I find that the societies that care the least about its people are the ones that are the first to whine about the low birthrate. It's happening in America too - some people think that's why the anti-abortion lobby got so big, though there were other reasons too.
@@draconicfeline6177same in China
The way Stephanie described the mom coming home to her nearly 1 yr old son's empty room, turning off everything... It really made this absurd situation sink in. How awful for all involved.
I think however, that Stephanie spent FAR too much time describing the emotional states and social aspects of all the people involved, instead of GETTING ON WITH THE STORY. A few samples of the emotional impact would have been plenty for this presentation, but at the 20 minute mark, it seems like more than half of the video so far, and I'm debating whether or not I have the patience to continue. In human history, people with a pathological focus on feelings and social relations, massively more than on practical, technical, and physical realities, are the ones who panic in disasters and mess up rescue efforts, are the ones who sow resentment and division and ruin social cohesiveness, and who generally do parasitic and self-centered harm to society. This is why my patience for this presentation wears thin.
-- Parental love for their children is ubiquitous, and the vast majority of doctors care very much for their patients. And it's not hard to raise outrage against corporate greed that results in injury or death among consumers. When your whole story is about emotions and social relations, your life is going to be disempowered and fruitless. People who solve problems like this are people who, whatever their emotional investment, wrestle with finding fruitful questions, gather data, analyze, and find answers. For people who want to live in a world that's primarily a world of emotions and social relations, hire a therapist, and do it on your own time. There's a time for venting, and there's a time for getting things done.
-- I worked in mental health for more than a decade, and pretty much without exception, my clients did better than the average among similarly-situated clients. Some made spectacular and noteworthy gains. It's not like I have no sensitivity to emotional and social issues.
-- And by the way, for anyone dealing with trauma, depression, anxiety, anger, and other negative emotions, pain expands to fill the attention devoted to it. Excessive emotional self-indulgence is detrimental to one's own mental health, as well as burdensome for other people around you. It's no way to go through life.
@@grizzlygrizzle then dont watch it bruh
@@portgasdmiya7808 I bailed out about 5/8 of the way through.
@@grizzlygrizzleget a job omg
I clicked on this girl just to see what the story title was about & I am now on my 3rd lengthy story consecutively. She is very captivating in her story telling. That is saying something as I cannot stand 99% of UA-camrs ability to retell a story. For my mental health alone I’ll have to take a break as they are so tragic & heart wrenching but I have to give her accolades in her grammar & speech. Not the typical repetitive um, like like like & literally filled speech. 👏
As a new father, I can’t even begin to imagine what the parents went through with their babies. This is just heartbreaking….
I just stumbled upon your channel yesterday and the boat story and I’m hooked. It’s like the new Netflix to me. Subscribed!
My grandmother's lungs hardened and crystallized and she eventually died about 5 years ago. She was never a smoker but when she was in her 20s she worked in a manufacturing plant that made ammunition for the war and breathed in the fibers from the packing!!
Sorry for your loss. ❤❤
😢
Sorry for your loss 🙏
Thats painful.
Sorry for your loss.
This story was also made into a movie called 'Air Murder' , I thought it was just a film until the disclaimer stated that it was based on a true story and i cried the whole day after the movie, just how the pain those families and people been through is just unfair
Where can I find that movie on info please
@@cathrinem2722 I found out that the movie is also called "Toxic". But I couldn't find anywhere to watch.
@@gabb002I literally just watched that movie 😧 Then I realized surely Stephanie covered this story. Anddd she did wow the real story is very sad. Now I’ll be extra careful with whatever chemicals I use at home🙌 Precaution over anything forever now because companies don’t care they want money
"based on a true story." doesn't really mean a thing, even if it is based on actual events. It's like the label "premium" on food packages, it may or not be premium ingredients.
Your storytelling is so on point, interesting and enthralling! I could literally listen to you all day long 😊
This is so terrifying. Just to think that there probably still are so many products out there by these big brands which can cause big harm to people, is just so scary.
A family member of mine went through miscarriage and I remember seeing her cry for hours because they really wanted the baby and then that happened and so I can imagine the pain these parents went through.
As an American born to people addicted to opioids because of the crisis. I also know people who died to it. it breaks my heart to see the same disgusting company, killing and destroying families in other countries. The pain they put those babies through is unforgivable.
Sorry.
@@pokemata1035ok you can have your own opinions on this and U deff agree with you but respectfully 1 this isn’t about you.And 2 this person hasn’t done anything wrong. If you want to let them know then ok but attacking them for saying something you don’t personally find helpful is unnecessary. It makes people not want to say anything at all which can sometimes be a good thing but also a bad thing. It’s fine that you added alternatives at the end but this was rude and honestly doesn’t help anybody or anything
@@haikyuuhavoc1424 Ok, yeah that was overly aggressive it was late at night and I was tired. Imma delete it Thanks for letting me know. I honestly forgot that I made an admittedly dumb comment.
It's not the same company that makes oxycodone or oxycotton....it's oxy, the cleaning brand.
@@pokemata1035that is very human of you. We all make mistakes. It’s courage to be humble. Good on you.
My mom is in her 60s (korean), for some reason, since we were kids to this day, she refuses to use detergents for dishes or laundry. She likes to use some kind of natural concoction instead and has a real phobia of household cleaning products. She says they are cancerous or poisonous and will shave years off your life. 😬
Smart mom.
I cleaned houses for 23 years. I used cleaners for the shower. Years of headaches and illness, I just thought it was my bad sinus and allergies. Then I started getting nose bleeds. I pray God please help me get better, this is weird, I don't know what's going on, help me? I went to work, climbed into the shower to clean and scrub it and got the worse nosebleed yet.
I stopped using that particular product. But several years later I developed meningitis, afterwards I suffered a severe form of epilepsy, Do I think the cleaners caused it? Maybe yes. But I live out in the country with farm fields all around me. So, it could be Monsanto too. There is also an oil well behind my house, so it could be argued it's the Round-up or the Sevin, right?
I am a single mom who had to go on disability due to these issues, so no $ to hire a lawyer....I don't want to scare anyone, but cleaners are risk, and so is everything else in our modern-day society..
I appreciate the timbral quality of your voice and how you deliver these stories. Thank you ❤
1500 young people!!! Some people are sick .that’s horrifying. Any crime in relation to children makes me sick in my stomach. So young and full of life and they can’t even fight back 😔 . Love how you dig into deep cases that we don’t get to hear
I agree So the one mother that suffered with the mystery lung virus recovered. Makes me wonder why they didn't do the same treatment she had on the babies and pregnant women patients ....
Sadly for DECADES J&J Baby Powder talc had arsenic AND asbestos in it, and THEY KNEW IT! How many people got cancers or breathing problems from just that one example..and there's SO MANY MORE. I was a 9/11 rescue worker and us and the clean up guys were NEVER TOLD the air was FULL of asbestos!! The EPA knew and George Bush Jr asked them to tell people the air was safe, cuz you gotta get "Wal street" and "Mainstreet" going again. I was there for a few days and have asthma and about 20 autoimmune diseases...more people have died from the Asbestos now then the actual attack killed, and that's KNOWN data! The clean up guys to first responders like firemen, paramedics,nurses,etc and police who survived were told the levels were safe even though the EPA was getting readings of 120,000x the recommended safety limit, but we're never told. There were over 400,000 people who helped out at ground Zero...I wonder how many ACTUAL deaths there are. It's a disgusting world.. Subway got caught a couple years ago putting RUBBER into their sub buns!! As long as someone is making $$$ we don't matter!!
@@marias6Sadly for DECADES J&J Baby Powder talc had arsenic AND asbestos in it, and THEY KNEW IT! How many people got cancers or breathing problems from just that one example..and there's SO MANY MORE. I was a 9/11 rescue worker and us and the clean up guys were NEVER TOLD the air was FULL of asbestos!! The EPA knew and George Bush Jr asked them to tell people the air was safe, cuz you gotta get "Wal street" and "Mainstreet" going again. I was there for a few days and have asthma and about 20 autoimmune diseases...more people have died from the Asbestos now then the actual attack killed, and that's KNOWN data! The clean up guys to first responders like firemen, paramedics,nurses,etc and police who survived were told the levels were safe even though the EPA was getting readings of 120,000x the recommended safety limit, but we're never told. There were over 400,000 people who helped out at ground Zero...I wonder how many ACTUAL deaths there are. It's a disgusting world.. Subway got caught a couple years ago putting RUBBER into their sub buns!! As long as someone is making $$$ we don't matter!!
It's scary and sad because when you look it up it says it's estimated at closer to 14,000 deaths
@@marias6some of the victims came in with more progressed cases. The treatment might not have been a viable option.
this case is a terrifying one. our world is so scary. as always, thank you steph for shedding light on this case!
Sadly for DECADES J&J Baby Powder talc had arsenic AND asbestos in it, and THEY KNEW IT! How many people got cancers or breathing problems from just that one example..and there's SO MANY MORE. I was a 9/11 rescue worker and us and the clean up guys were NEVER TOLD the air was FULL of asbestos!! The EPA knew and George Bush Jr asked them to tell people the air was safe, cuz you gotta get "Wal street" and "Mainstreet" going again. I was there for a few days and have asthma and about 20 autoimmune diseases...more people have died from the Asbestos now then the actual attack killed, and that's KNOWN data! The clean up guys to first responders like firemen, paramedics,nurses,etc and police who survived were told the levels were safe even though the EPA was getting readings of 120,000x the recommended safety limit, but we're never told. There were over 400,000 people who helped out at ground Zero...I wonder how many ACTUAL deaths there are. It's a disgusting world.. Subway got caught a couple years ago putting RUBBER into their sub buns!! As long as someone is making $$$ we don't matter!!
im in tears because of this story i cant even imagine the grief families are feeling and how much they wish they could go back and change there actions.
Oh my oh my.... this was difficult to process. I feel so very bad for the victims. From the children, both those that passed and the ones who still suffer, to those poor parents, blaming themselves when the guilty refuse to... the scientists who made the product unbeknownst to them that it would eventually be involved in so much devastation 😢 All the while I want to say this story is shocking but sadly, it seems like big business simply doing what they do and here we are witnessing the aftermath. It's heart wrenching and I send my prayers for all the innocent souls connected to this case. Sincere thanks for the coverage of this tragedy. Is there anyway to help the victims as of now? Subscribed ❤
I’ve NEVER EVER cried watching crime videos but this.. I bawled my eyes out, it’s a horrible sensation for me so I can’t even imagine those families
for real. I was listening to it at work and had to change it so I could get work done.
Vaxes are creating same situation!!!
@@shewolfee4247do you mean "vaccines" as in vaxes..? ☠️
@@shewolfee4247 goddamn the stupidity
I know right I was so sad for the dad in the first place, he didn't see his baby yet and his wife passed away and i'm like 😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
You can't blame yourself for something you didn't know.
I feel so sad for these parents. They feel so much guilt but they didn't know. Nobody knew. When you see something sold in the store with a government seal.....you can't blame yourself for trusting that.
It's easy to think that when you're on the other side looking at this. If my significant other was sick and I bought a humidifier cleaner for her that caused anything to happen to her, I would probably blame myself too. Why did I buy this product? Why couldn't I have just cleaned it the old fashion way? You just can't help it and so many thoughts would just run through your mind.
Butthats logical thinking and when your baby dies logic disappears. You always blame yourself
The company just put those ingredients into a bottle and didn't even THINK to test them to see if it would be safe to but them on the selves for mothers husbands wives grandmothers grandfathers boys and girl men and women. Many had extremely premature deaths. Some babies didn't even get to breathe. They didn't get to breathe. That is so insane and just heart breaking to me and insane to think and see that this is the life many people had and continue to live. And NO ONE is taking responsibility. Its infuriating. Thank you Step for giving us stories like this that educate thousands of people.
As a mother my heart breaks for the mothers who were being caring mothers but had no idea of the consequences. That mom who was sitting on the floor with her little baby's hair as a memory of him... gutted me
Hearing the parents speak about this tragedy really got to me .Those companies CEO and who ever knew about this are pure evil . As a mother of 4 and a medical provider this breaks my heart . Every time a patient I had passed away , if felt like a piece of my heart broke off . I finally could not work in the medical bedside anymore. Thank you to the Doctor who started the investigation of this ❤
Same...i couldn't control my tears😢 and seeing the children who passed got me too. My heart breaks for the parents...this is so unfair!
crazy how the SK employees got 7 years in jail not knowing that the chemical would not be sold as a humidifier sanitizer and the oxy CEO who knows that they are using a rug cleaner on their product only got 6 years in jail. Crazy how power and money could manipulate law. This incident really is heartbreaking and unfair, may the one's who are truly behind the incident get the heaviest punishments in the afterlife.
This reminds me of when I bought multiple Korean skin care products delivered well-known Korean beauty/skincare brands. But when I got it, there were labels that said it's not FDA approved. I assumed that meant the Korean product is not approved by the US FDA yet. So I did look into the product and find out why I see this label and turns out there was a new ingredient in the product that the US skincare industry are not accustomed to yet and the FDA was still testing it. This was back in 2015 and the ingredient in question was Niacinamide. Now in 2023, a ton of US skincare products have Niacinamide in them now. But I see that most US products are very low at around 1-2% but some Korean products have them at 5-10%. Honestly, I was quick and excited to use any Korean skincare product back when I was a young college student, and I feel like I would never look into international safety standards if it wasn't for that label. However, I understand why the US have a ton of warning labels and are hesitant to put too high of a concentration in their products because the US does have a suing culture, which I'm not sure Korea has.
Steph your story telling is so amazing I’m absolutely obsessed
If the rotten mango podcast didn't exist, the world wouldn't know about this. Thank you x10 thank you for bringing the heart and the love of the people and the victims to the forefront. You do all the victims, a service and all the listeners as well.
I so agree!!❤
This hits so close to home. Here in the UK I used to work for a company that tests bacteria for food & water products before being released to the public. I left the company literally a few weeks ago because of management & idk if im glad i left or not. The company is a massive sh*t show rn since a lot of people left the company & training new people is a difficult with the increase in workload of 600 samples a day to 1000 a day. One of my friends still works there & has told me it's gotten so much worse since I left, not only w/ management, but also the lab techs being told by the managers to enter fake results as to not annoy the customers w/ late results. My friend emailed upper management & they haven't informed her of any follow ups whatsoever. Whilst I have heard previously from other lab techs that these companies have their own labs that tests for bacteria but also make us test for them, I really hope that's the case cuz I'm scared there might be an outbreak of food poisoning, especially Listeria Monocytogenes. That's one of the worst Listeria species in food, especially to those who're pregnant since it could potentially cause a miscarriage. I feel so guilty for not being able to do anything about it
One of my upper classmates had a similar experience at her internship last year. She was at a government funded lab, which works along with doctors and clinicians to get a diagnosis on patients with encephalitis. They were basically shortening most of the incubation times to go faster, for example incubating only 20 or 30 minutes instead of an hour, at almost every single step of the protocols. And then they sent back the results, and the diagnosis, that couldn't actually be confirmed because it wasn't done even close to properly. It's probably still like this as well, since this was only 6 months ago.
Sometimes I feel like I see life with rose colored glasses, and then I come across things like these and my entire worldview just shatters. I just don't understand how people can knowingly do things like these.
fake results? just to not piss off customers so they will safe their behinds? damn...
You need to blow the whistle!!!!!!!
You should speak out before people get sick
Whistleblower?... be careful. Link the info to various news organizations, including social media. Don't get caught...
I’m cleaning my humidifier today. The old fashioned way. I admit that I am somewhat lazy about cleaning mine. I don’t use it all of the time because we have plenty of moisture in our air most of the time in Seattle but there are times during the winter when we don’t get any rain and it’s cold and dry. I have dry skin and working from home, I find my skin feels better when I use my humidifier while I work. I also don’t get shocked when I touch things. I’m not getting any younger and drinking plenty of water and using a humidifier really helps my skin.
This is frightening. My heart goes out to these people. I can’t imagine losing a child. The poor woman who carried her children to term only to have them pass away right after birth made me cry.
I love your storytelling. You have a remarkable ability to take us on an emotional journey all the way through. I am so happy I found your channel. Bonus: I don't have to listen at 1.25 speed, lol.
I can't imagine when the parents realized their family deaths was caused by the humidifier they turn on 24/7 because they thought it helps when it is actually making their kids condition worse. It must crushed their hearts 😢
I lived in Korea when this happened and I was using this exact humidifier cleaner. I was a teacher and there was mass paranoia for years afterwards about all chemicals in the classrooms. (Likewise with the China/melamine in milk scare) In my case, I guess my laziness saved me as I wasn't using my humidifier regularly. Scary.
glad you survived that time ❤
how do you seemingly memorize all this information video after video without a script? you even come up with new topic points on the fly! I'm amazed.
We see this coming around with vaping bit by bit. That, too, was advertized to be extremely safe and a "healthier" alternative to smoking, but the reality is that nobody is even funding tests to see whether this is true in theory. The one test that was done on a couple hundred mice implies that it is much more dangerous than people are being led to believe.
This also reminds me the case of baby’s poisonous milk powder incident in China almost 15 years ago. There were about 300,000 victims. It was so serious that top management got life long sentences and some got death penalty. But it was a Chinese company, not as big as a multinational corporation. I wonder what the result would be if it was a company as big as oxy… Maybe you can cover this topic in a future episode too :) This is the incident that leads to crazy trend of every Chinese parent shopping for baby formula from abroad…
id like to see that
Owh yes, i remember this! I was studying in China from 2009-2014, the parents were still paranoid with the milk powder sold over there. I remember my professors would ask me to buy the milk powder from Malaysia (in bulk) every single time I went back to my hometown during semester break.
@bonifacebanta4590 😲 wow... yeah milk powder from overseas was like gold at that time! I think milk powder in HK or somewhere overseas was even in shortage at one time because of people from mainland china was buying so much
Also the dog food was poison too in HK
Yes, I was lucky that when this happened, I was already a teenager. Later when I live in Australia and witness so much discrimination against Chinese people buying baby formula, I honest feel so sad, knowing this tragic event...
Definitely gonna start boycotting any products from oxy now. This is a very horrid situation. No family deserves to be put through that pain and be left feeling guilty in the worst way possible. This was all very disappointing to hear, thanks for covering this
Same here, that's just what I was thinking and I'm sharing the story on eveery platform I can possibly find. If it's removed, I'll keep making new accounts and sharing asking others to share it quickly too.
Yes, consumers have all the power. We can drown them if we can come together.
Reckitt Benckiser has been a gross animal testing cruel company for their entire existence. Boycott all these demons.
There's some bad or misleading information in this video. You'll probably find it hard to boycott Oxy because the Oxy here is a native south korean company. It's not OxiClean or Oxy Petro (the american gas and oil company). And they had been selling this stuff for years before Reckitt, the british company very briefly mentioned in the video, acquired them, although in court it was claimed that Reckitt did try to cover it up after they acquired Oxy.
I’m horrified at the fact that this happened! Thank you for bringing this to light! I had no idea! You are good at what you do! Thank you!
This genuinely had me at the edge of or in tears multiple times. God, losing your tiny baby like this, when you thought it was just a cold. And the way the parents blamed themselves…..so heartbreaking
Thanks for all the effort you and your team put into your videos! It really shows. 💕🌻
It does keep happening. Remember the baby powder that causes cancer and the company knew about it? And the cancer water that a whole town were drinking? Not to mention the cancer causing chemical in our nonstick pans nearly everyone in the world use?
The cancer causing chemicals in hair products...
At this point, we all just have to assume that we’re inevitably going to get cancer. There’s literally no way to avoid it anymore.
It’s crazy how companies would take lives just for a few bucks
it's the J and J company right
Even cancer causing medications. And if not cancer, than even disease causing, DEATH causing medications...
I'm so addicted to all your videos.... OMG you are such a great with your communication skills 💖
I have done away with a lot of cleaning products and "smell good" type stuff and found that now i cannot even tolerate them when i go places that use a lot of that. Cleaning with basic things like baking soda, vinegar, etc works great and is safe. These poor families, this is heart breaking.
I can’t even imagine how the parents of these vulnerable children felt. The pain and the self guilt they must have felt for not been able to protect their children. R.I.P to these Angels 🕊️ . No parents should bury their child !!
The little boys speech at the end… I could barely hold back my tears. Thank God for Dr Hong or else this could’ve gone on way longer and taken many more lives. All doctors should be like him.
Thank you for making this video , working in healthcare in general , i think stories like this are important to be aware of and without this video i would have never known of this tragedy
I'm so sorry for Mr. Lee, even before I heard his pleas on the news report... Language didn't matter to hear his heartache. Mr. Lee, my heart is with you I'm so sorry for your unimaginable loss. Stephanie thank you for covering this story.
You have to be really thankful that people like Dr. Hong exist. They don’t just accept the new reality and push for investigation. Just like the teacher at the Inhwa School.
Or the Chinese doctor who was the whistle-blower of corona
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