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Mercury Pollution in Minamata [electronic resource] / by Hisashi Yokoyama.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: SpringerBriefs in Environmental SciencePublisher: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018Edition: 1st ed. 2018Description: IX, 67 p. 18 illus., 13 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789811073922
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 363.73 23
LOC classification:
  • TD172-193.5
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Lecture on the methylmercury poisoning occurred in Minamata (MPM) -- 3. Assignment to students.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. 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 the responses of Chisso and the national and local governments to the outbreak, the victims, the compensation and environmental restructuring as well as the court ruling on claims. Based on lecture notes from a university course, it includes students’ suggestions for avoiding a repeat of the tragedy. The issue has not been settled yet, and this analysis of the incident provides useful insights into solutions to the current global mercury pollution problem. .
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1. Introduction -- 2. Lecture on the methylmercury poisoning occurred in Minamata (MPM) -- 3. Assignment to students.

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. 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 the responses of Chisso and the national and local governments to the outbreak, the victims, the compensation and environmental restructuring as well as the court ruling on claims. Based on lecture notes from a university course, it includes students’ suggestions for avoiding a repeat of the tragedy. The issue has not been settled yet, and this analysis of the incident provides useful insights into solutions to the current global mercury pollution problem. .

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