Minimata disease

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Minimata disease [‚min·ē′mäd·ə di‚zēz]

(medicine)

A disorder resulting from methyl mercury poisoning, which occurred in epidemic proportions in 1956 in Minimata Bay, a Japanese coastal town, where the inhabitants ate fish contaminated by industrial pollution; the most obvious symptoms are tremors and involuntary movements.

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In: Minimata Disease (Trusbaki T, Irukayama K, eds).

Origins and evolution of children's environmental health by Lanphear, Bruce P. / Environmental Health Perspectives

Recent advances in Minimata disease studies: methylmercury poisoning in Minimata and Niigata, Japan.

Too much of a good thing (fish): methylmercury case study by Risher, John F. / Journal of Environmental Health

The pollution of Minimata Bay by mercury and Minimata disease.

Mercury, food webs, and marine mammals: implications of diet and ... by Zeller, Dirk / Environmental Health Perspectives

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