Invisible chemical agents are threatening the health of schoolchildren across the country.
Chemicals that cause symptoms of maladies attributed to sick building syndrome were detected in July inside a new building at Chowa Elementary School in the western Tokyo suburb of Chofu.
When the semester started in September, eight children complained of poor health.
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