Factory workers suspected of being exposed to carcinogen — CEO: 'There has been minor symptoms'

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According to the CEO, individual employees are suspected of being exposed to benzene in the Kilpilahti business district in Porvoo on Monday.

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The carcinogenic benzene is suspected to have entered the air at a chemical plant in Porvoo. According to the CEO, there are a few exposed. A few workers at the chemical process industry plant are suspected of having been exposed to benzene, or carcinogenic hydrocarbon. Suspicion of exposure occurred at Borealis Polymers' olefin unit in Porvoo. Satu Kosonen-Kaija, CEO of Borealis Polymers Ltd., says the suspicion of exposure became apparent on M…