100 workers poisoned by chemical in central Turkey
Date
1/17/2016 6:59:49 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Some 100 workers were hospitalized on Jan. 16 due to chemical poisoning at a hosiery factory in the Central Anatolian province of Çankr.
The workers at the factory in the organized industrial site in the abanözü district of Çankr fainted while working between 4 p.m. and 12 a.m. Some 38 people were transferred to the abanözü State Hospital while the others were transferred to hospitals in Çankr and hospitals in nearby provinces.
Residents living near the organized industrial site also checked in at local hospitals after also suffering effects from the scent.
Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) has determined that the chemical causing the poisoning was Tetrahydrothiophene which spread from an inactive furniture factory at the site.
The industrial site has been temporarily closed and is expected to be opened on Jan. 18.
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