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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:disease
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Chisso-Minamata_disease
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:disaster_response
government position
industrial pollution
neurological disorder
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gptkbp:cause
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methylmercury poisoning
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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1956
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gptkbp:discoveredIn
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gptkb:Minamata,_Kumamoto_Prefecture,_Japan
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gptkbp:documentedIn
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gptkb:W._Eugene_Smith
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gptkbp:environmentalImpact
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mercury pollution
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gptkbp:governmentResponse
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Japanese government compensation
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Minamata disease
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gptkbp:impact
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global awareness of mercury poisoning
increased environmental regulation in Japan
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gptkbp:legalIssue
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lawsuits against Chisso Corporation
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gptkbp:longTermImpact
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birth defects
chronic neurological damage
mental retardation in children
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage
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international attention
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gptkbp:memorial
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gptkb:Minamata_Disease_Municipal_Museum
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:UN_Minamata_Convention_on_Mercury
official recognition in 1968
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gptkbp:notableOutbreaks
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gptkb:Minamata_Bay
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gptkbp:notableVictim
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fishermen
families of Minamata
residents of Minamata
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gptkbp:recognizedBy
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gptkb:World_Health_Organization
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Niigata_Minamata_disease
gptkb:Itai-itai_disease
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gptkbp:responsibleFor
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gptkb:Chisso_Corporation
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gptkbp:studiedBy
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medical researchers
environmental scientists
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gptkbp:subjectOf
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film 'Minamata' (2020)
photographic essay 'Minamata'
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gptkbp:symptom
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death
paralysis
muscle weakness
insanity
coma
ataxia
damage to hearing and speech
narrowing of the field of vision
numbness in the hands and feet
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gptkbp:transmission
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consumption of contaminated seafood
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gptkbp:UNConvention
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gptkb:Minamata_Convention_on_Mercury
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Aileen_M._Smith
gptkb:Minamata
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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