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Minamata

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Minamata

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      city, Kumamoto ken (prefecture), southeastern Kyushu, Japan, on Yatsushiro Bay. A company town of the Nippon Chisso Hiryo Company, its main products are chemical fertilizer, carbide, and vinyl chloride. Minamata was traditionally a fishing port and has regular sea-route connections to Amakusa-shimo Island, the main island of the Amakusa Archipelago. Hot springs are found in the vicinity.

      After 1956 a sometimes-fatal disease that came to be known as “Minamata disease” was recognized among local fishermen and their families. The cause was determined to be an organo-mercury compound in wastes discharged by local chemical factories into the sea. This compound was concentrated in fish and shellfish consumed by the local inhabitants. Victims of the disease suffer from mercury poisoning, which can result in mental retardation, severe birth defects, sight and hearing loss, paralysis, and death. The first disease whose cause was recognized as industrial pollution of seawater, Minamata disease aroused worldwide concern and did much to stimulate the development of the environmental protection movement. Minamata Bay was determined to be mercury-free as of July 1997. Netting designed to prevent its fish from swimming into surrounding waters was removed. Pop. (2005 prelim.) 29,119.

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Universalium. 2010.

  
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