Ruling and opposition parties reached a bipartisan agreement Monday to investigate the toxic humidifier disinfectant case that has become one of South Korea's worst consumer product scandals.
The humidifier disinfectant case came to light after four pregnant women died of unknown lung problems in 2011. A government-led investigation confirmed a connection between more than a hundred people who died of lung problems and the chemicals used to clean household humidifiers.
"We have agreed to form a special investigation committee to look into the humidifier disinfectant case that has caused many people so much pain," Kim Do-eup, the vice chief of ruling Saenuri Party, said after meeting with senior officials of the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea and the People's Party.
The parties will come up with a detailed plan for the parliamentary probe and get it approved in a floor meeting on July 6.
Victims of toxic humidifier disinfectant attend a parliamentary hearing held by the main opposition The Minjoo Party of Korea on June 23.(Yonhap)
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