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What is the reason behind the pollution-related Minamata disease?

What is the reason behind the pollution-related Minamata disease? Correct Answer Release of Industrial waste of containing mercury into fishing water

  • Minamata disease, sometimes referred to as Chisso-Minamata disease, is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, etc.
  • Minamata disease was first discovered in Minamata city in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan in 1956.
  • It was caused by the release of methylmercury in the industrial wastewater (point source pollution) from the Chisso Corporation's chemical factory, which continued from 1932 to 1968.
  • This highly toxic chemical bioaccumulated in shellfish and fish in Minamata Bay and the Shiranui Sea, which when eaten by the local peoples resulted in mercury poisoning.
  • While cat, dog, pig, and human deaths continued over more than 30 years, the government and company did little to prevent pollution.

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