Turkish workers hospitalized after chemical leak


(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Ahundred workers in a sock factory in central Turkey were hospitalized Sunday following a chemical leak.

A leak of tetrahydrothiophene which causes headaches nausea and palpitations if inhaled was detected at a nearby furniture factory by a government emergency team.

The compound is used as an odorant in natural and liquid petroleum gas.

The industrial zone in Cankiri province where the leak occurred has been closed until Monday.


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