Minamata Disease

Definition: Minamata Disease

Minamata Disease

Noun

1. A form of mercury poisoning among people who ate fish from mercury-contaminated waters of Minamata Bay off Japan in the 1950s; characterized by severe neurological degeneration.

Commercial Usage: Minamata Disease

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Books	Bitter Sea: The Human Cost of Minamata Disease (reference) Paradise in the sea of sorrow : our Minamata disease (reference) Recent advances in minamata disease studies : methylmercury poisoning in Minamata and Niigata, Japan (reference) (more book examples)
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Specialty Definition: Minamata disease

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms include ataxia, sensory disturbance in the hands and feet, damage to vision and hearing, weakness, and in extreme cases paralysis and death.

Minamata disease is named after Minamata Bay, Japan, the center of a methyl mercury poisoning outbreak in the 1950s. Forty-six people died of Minamata disease in 1956, the year the outbreak was first discovered. Domestic animals and birds in the area showed signs of similar symptoms.

In 1968, the Japanese government announced that the disease was caused by eating fish and shellfish that had been contaminated by mercury pollution caused by a chemical plant. Since that time, the contamination has been removed. While there is no cure for Minamata disease, there have been no recent outbreaks.

As of 2001, 2,955 people had been certified as suffering from Minamata disease. Of these, 2,265 had been living on the coast of the Yatsushiro Sea. Patients are eligible for financial compensation and assistance with their medical expenses. To reduce public concern, the Japanese government also provides medical examinations for people living in the affected area.

External link

National Institute for Minamata Disease

Anagrams: Minamata Disease

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	Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-d-e-e-i-i-m-m-n-s-s-t"
	-4 letters: disseminate.
	-5 letters: adenitises, deaminases, deaminates, mediastina.
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Alternative Orthography: Minamata Disease

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography

5. Bibliography

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Minamata Disease

Definition: Minamata Disease