Minamata disease outbreak (1950s)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Minamata_disease_outbreak_(1950s)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:disaster_response
gptkbp:affectedPopulation gptkb:wildlife
fishermen
local residents
gptkbp:category water pollution
industrial pollution
Japanese history
public health disaster
mercury poisoning
20th-century disasters
gptkbp:cause methylmercury poisoning
gptkbp:causedBy gptkb:Chisso_Corporation
gptkbp:documentedIn W. Eugene Smith's photographs
gptkbp:firstReported 1956
gptkbp:hasPollutant methylmercury
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Minamata disease outbreak (1950s)
gptkbp:influenced environmental policy in Japan
gptkbp:legalIssue lawsuits against Chisso Corporation
gptkbp:location gptkb:Minamata,_Kumamoto_Prefecture,_Japan
gptkbp:notableVictim Eiko Sugimoto
gptkbp:recognizedBy Japanese government
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Niigata_Minamata_disease
gptkb:Itai-itai_disease
gptkbp:remedy environmental cleanup
compensation to victims
gptkbp:startDate 1950s
gptkbp:symptom death
paralysis
muscle weakness
neurological damage
loss of vision
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Minamata,_Kumamoto_Prefecture,_Japan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7