Minamata disease
Minamata disease (Japanese: Minamata disease), for a public disease, the cause of mercury poisoning. Around 1956 in Kumamoto Prefecture Minamata City near the occurrence, after confirmation by name. Soon, the new public disease found in Niigata Prefecture is also known as Minamata disease. The difference is: the former said Kumamoto Minamata disease; the latter was the second Minamata disease or Niigata Minamata disease. More than two Minamata disease, and pain, four days of asthma tied for the four major public health problems in Japan. ...