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Minamata disease

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Minamata disease

Disease first identified in 1956 in Minamata, Japan. A fishing port, Minamata was also the home of Nippon Chisso Hiryo Co., a manufacturer of chemical fertilizer, carbide, and vinyl chloride. Methyl mercury discharged from the factory contaminated fish and shellfish, which in turn caused illness in the local inhabitants who consumed them and birth defects in their children. The sometimes fatal disease was the first whose cause was recognized as industrial pollution of seawater. It aroused worldwide concern and stimulated the development of the environmental movement.



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Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH (GKSSI), United Nations Environmental Program, Exponent, Global Environmental Facility/United Nations Development Programme/United National Industrial Development Organization (GEF/UNDP/UNIDO), (EUROCHLOR); National Institute for Minamata Disease, CEBAM Analytical Inc.
Preface: recent findings in mercury health effects by Horvat, Milena / Environmental Health Perspectives
Michiko Ishimuri, who brought Minamata Disease to the attention of the Japanese government, and Janet Gibson, who helped create Central America's first coral reef reserve, are just two of the many spectacular examples.
Women Pioneers for the Environment by J.B. / E
Using the cord mercury concentration as an exposure biomarker, much higher levels were found in patients with Minamata disease compared with control groups (Harada 1977).
Umbilical cord mercury concentration as biomarker of prenatal ... by Weihe, Pal / Environmental Health Perspectives
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