Mercury Pollution in Minamata

• Hoofdauteur: Hisashi Yokoyama (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Springer Nature 2018
• Reeks: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
• Onderwerpen: Environmental economics; Methylmercury intoxication; Methylmercury poisoning; Pollution-related disease; Neurological syndrome; Chemical factory pollution; Chisso Corporation; Minamata disease; Methylmercury emission
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It overviews the poisoning which occurred in the 1950s and 1960s among the residents in Minamata who ate seafood contaminated with methylmercury discharged from the chemical factory, Chisso Corporation. It describes the history, symptoms pathogenesis and research on the causal agent, and discusses t...