Mercury Poisoning and Minamata disease: Nico van Staalduinen Highlights The Damages Being Done To Ghanaians By Illegal Gold Mining
Effects of Minamata disease Minamata disease, Mercury Poisoning was first discovered in Minamata city in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan, in 1956. Minamata caused by the release of mercury in the industrial wastewater from the Chisso Corporation’s chemical factory, which continued from 1932 to 1968. This highly toxic chemical bio accumulated in shellfish and fish in Minamata…