A journalist who has been reporting at the front lines of
Hong Kong’s anti-government protests revealed on Facebook that he was diagnosed
with chloracne a few days ago—a rare skin eruption of blackheads, cysts and
nodules, which has been linked directly to dioxin exposure. Hong Kong’s medical
experts believe the dioxin exposure came from the use of tear gas by Hong Kong
police.
Another internet user also exposed on social media that many
police officers had contracted chloracne as well, but senior police officers
forbade them to tell others, for fear that it would scare other policemen.
Yuhong Chan, a journalist working for Hong Kong-based Stand
News, said in his Facebook post on Nov. 13 that he has been doing on-site
reporting of the protests at least once a week in the past two months. He
started to experience skin irritation since October. When he went to see a
doctor of Chinese medicine a few days ago, he was confirmed to have contracted
chloracne.
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