Niigata Minamata disease
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niigata-minamata-disease-294-3126492
title:
Niigata Minamata disease
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Niigata Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Identical in symptoms to the original outbreak of Minamata disease in Kumamoto Prefecture, the second outbreak in Niigata Prefecture was confirmed with the same name in 1965. The disease was caused by severe mercury poisoning, the source of which was methylmercury released in the wastewater from mercury sulfate-catalysed acetaldehyde production at the Showa Electrical Company's chemical plant in Kanose villag
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Medical condition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niigata_Minamata_disease
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2023-12-16T08:17:51Z
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