Gyeonggi-do to Hold Forum Discussing Measures for Radon Bed Damage

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will hold a forum to discuss measures against radon bed damage.

On the 10th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it will hold the "Radon-Emitting Bed Health Damage Countermeasure Forum" on the 14th at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office in Suwon to diagnose the problems of the radon-emitting bed incident and find solutions.

The forum will be divided into Part 1 (Presentation on Radon Bed Health Damage) and Part 2 (Problems and Solutions of the Radon Bed Incident). To maintain social distancing, on-site attendance will be minimized and the event will be broadcast live via the provincial social broadcasting Live Gyeonggi (live.gg.go.kr).

In Part 1, discussions will begin among participants on the overview and current status of the radon bed incident, followed by a presentation titled "Health Damage Report Based on Analysis of Cancer Prevalence Distribution" by Bang Ye-won, a researcher at the Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University.

Then, a session will be held where consumers who have actually suffered health damage will attend in person to testify about their damages.

In Part 2, chaired by Professor Park Dong-wook of the Department of Environmental Health at Korea National Open University, presentations will be given sequentially on ▲ "Health Damage from Radon" by Professor Baek Do-myung of the Department of Environmental Health, Seoul National University, ▲ "Health Consultation Response for Radon Bed Users" by Jin Young-woo, former head of the National Radiation Emergency Medical Center at the Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, ▲ "Damage Status and Litigation Status" by lawyer Hwang Kyung-tae, and ▲ "Health Damage Policy Due to Radon Products" by Oh Gil-young, operating committee member of the Consumer Justice Center at the Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice.

Following this, Kim Ji-ye, head of the Fair Economy Division of Gyeonggi Province, will present "Gyeonggi Province's Response Plan for Radon Bed Damage," and the forum will conclude with a comprehensive discussion among participants.

Kim Ji-ye, head of the Fair Economy Division, said, "This forum is expected to cover many topics including problem diagnosis, sharing specific damage cases, damage relief, and improvement measures for radon management. Although more than two years have passed since the incident occurred, consumer damage investigations and compensation procedures are still sluggish. We hope this will be a meaningful opportunity to prepare consumer damage relief measures for those left in the blind spots and to solve the problems."

Since July, the province has been conducting a "Health Status Survey of Radon-Emitting Bed Users." By December, a health status survey will be conducted nationwide targeting consumers who have experience using radon beds to clarify the causal relationship between radon bed use and disease occurrence.

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