Minamata disease is unique in its mechanism of outbreak. Organic mercury discharged with the wastewater from an industrial plant polluted the environment, which in turn contaminated fish and shellfish. People who ingested these marine products then becam
Minamata disease is an indirect poisoning by methyl mercury through the food chain as a result of environmental contamination, and is the first known disease to cause abnomalities in the fetus due to a toxic agent passing through the placenta. Minamata disease, therefore, had implications in ...
The fact that many of the mothers of affected babies did not themselves show symptoms of the adult form of the disease is eloquent proof of the greater sensitivity of the fetus than of the mother to some chemical agents. It has recently been shown that the same type of congenital mercury ...
Harada, M.: 1978b, ‘Methyl Mercury Poisoning Due to Environmental Contamination “Minamata Disease”,’ In: Toxicity of Heavy Metals in the Environment, Part. 2 F.W. Oehme (Ed.), Marcel Dekker, New York, NY, pp. 261–302. Google Scholar Harada, M.: 1982, ‘Minamata Disease: Organi...
Japan in the 1950s outbreak of residents due to consumption of fish containing high levels of methylmercury caused Minamata disease, the hazards of mercury as the world increasingly concerned about the behavior of mercury in the water and also a large number of eco-toxicology the study. 翻译结果...
A Reason Why the Number of Patients of Minamata Disease is Still Unknown???the 50th Year of Minamata Disease Since the First Notification in 1956asthmachildrenair pollutantsoxidative stressmalonaldehydeAn abstract is unavailable.doi:10.1097/00001648-200611001-01327T Tsuda...
Minamata on the mend: once synonymous with pollution and disease, the city of Minamata is now drawing attention as a leader in environmental protection. (From The Heart).(Chisso Corp.)(Brief Article)Shizuka, Saeki
Minamata diseaseMinamata mercury pollutionmercury dispersiondecontamination of mercuryYatsushiro Sea mercurynatural mercury decontaminationOne of the most visible tragedies by industrial water pollution is Minamata disease, methylmercury poisoning caused by eating contaminated fish, which has killed more than 100 ...
“MPM is a disease of the nervous system which is caused by eating fish and shellfish captured from Minamata Bay. Mercury has come to our attention as a likely cause of pollution of fish and shellfish.” After this announcement, the study group of KU continued the research to reveal the ...
In Japan, this is used as the standard for people who are eligible for relief from Minamata disease. In that case, 5% of people who are not actually exposed to mercury will be eligible for relief, and there will be less than 10% of true relief recipients due to mercury exposure....