Turkey: Death in hotel due to pesticides

The Turkish hospitality industry is under scrutiny after a family dies from pesticide poisoning at a hotel in Istanbul.

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00:00Birkan Jihan is an exterminator.

00:03Every day he treats hotel rooms for bedbugs.

00:06Birkan carefully sprays beds and rooms, following strict safety rules.

00:19He says he would never use the kind of chemicals

00:22involved in a tragic case that shook Istanbul.

00:25A family of four from Hamburg recently died

00:27after being exposed to insecticides in a hotel according to the forensic report.

00:48It isn't the first time Birkan has heard of dangerous pesticides

00:52being used by unlicensed suppliers.

00:57He says hotel owners share responsibility when unsafe chemicals are used.

01:02He says hotel owners share responsibility when unsafe chemicals are used.

01:06The poisoning scandal could deal a serious blow to the Turkish tourism industry.

01:08As travelers become more aware of hygiene measures.

01:12The poisoning scandal could deal a serious blow to the Turkish tourism industry.

01:21As travelers become more aware of hygiene measures.