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Minamata disease is methylmercury poisoning that leads to neurological symptoms. The condition develops after a person has been eating heavily contaminated seafood daily. The first record of ...

The first record of Minamata disease was in Japan in the 1950s. At the time, people ate fish that had been contaminated by large quantities of mercury compounds that were discharged into Minamata Bay ...

We breakfasted on the trout he caught, eating whole fish like corn on the cob ... Large-scale mercury poisoning caused by contamination is still known as Minamata disease. Chisso continued to dump ...

The bay, rich in fish and shellfish ... and more than 2000 cases of ‘Minamata disease’ were officially recognized, peaking in the 1950s.” In addition to individuals regularly exposed ...

Fish and other animals consume this mercury ... during pregnancy have a combination of defects known as congenital Minamata disease: The effects of mercury on babies can be subtle, too.

The exposure to noxious mercury in Ghana as a result of illegal mining activities remains a serious health problem, and we cannot continue to live in denial. Mephitic mercury use in artisanal and ...

(Mainichi/Kenji Ikai) The Niigata District Court has handed down a ruling recognizing 26 of 45 plaintiffs as sufferers of Minamata disease and ordering a company responsible for the pollution ...

Minamata disease was caused by methylmercury being released into the sea. Residents along the Shiranui sea coast in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures who ate contaminated fish contracted the disease.

Along the way, microorganisms convert mercury into a highly toxic form that builds up in fish and shellfish ... down with neurological and other diseases in Minamata, Japan, after decades of ...