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Two Samsung workers were exposed to radiation, nuclear commission says


The South Korean regulator is investigating the incident.

Samsung is under investigation after two employees were hospitalized following exposure to X-rays on May 27th, South Korea’sNuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) announced. The South Korean government linked the cancer that took the life of one of the company’s former employees in 2012 with radiation and chemical exposure during her time at one of its factories. The company apologized to workers who’d developed cancer in its factories and set up a fund to compensate them, as well as families of deceased former employees, in 2015.

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