Minamata disease
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Minamata disease
After Minamata Bay, Japan, where fish containing alkyl mercury compounds caused the disease in those who ate them during the period 1953–58
Example Sentences
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Many developed Minamata disease, a neurological disorder caused by mercury poisoning.
From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2018
Babies born to mothers who had eaten the tainted fish also developed symptoms, akin to cerebral palsy, of what became known as Minamata disease.
From Slate • Jul. 2, 2015
We have to remember that in Japan a small place like Minamata shattered the whole world by revealing Minamata disease.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2013
The pollution continued for years after it was discovered, and Minamata disease became an international symbol of environmental damage and corporate corruption.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2010
By 1953 the mercury contamination had reached a dangerous level in some people, who began to suffer the crippling symptoms of what is now referred to as Minamata disease.
From Time Magazine Archive
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