Minamatadisease

Minamatadisease
Min·a·ma·ta disease (mĭn'ə-mäʹtə) n.
A degenerative neurological disorder caused by poisoning with a mercury compound found in seafood obtained from waters contaminated with mercury-containing industrial waste.
  [After Minamata, a town of western Kyushu, Japan.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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