VICTIMS of the Sg Kim Kim chemical waste pollution suffered a one-off acute exposure and are not expected to suffer any long-term chronic effect on their health, said Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

He said they would not die as the toxic level of the chemical waste was low.

“I wish to stress here that this is acute exposure. The dosage is not too serious, totally not a fatal dosage.

“This is acute toxicity, not something that is chronic in nature and where long-term exposure can cause cancer,” he said after visiting the medic base at the Pasir Gudang Municipal Council indoor stadium in Johor Baru today.

He was commenting on the victims’ concerns about the long-term effects exposure to the chemical waste would have on their health.

Dr Dzulkefly said that, as an initiative to monitor the health status of all the victims, the ministry would conduct a cohort study based on the patients’ collated data system. – Bernama, March 16, 2019.