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كــــــــــــــوارث عــــــــــــــــــــامةMinamata diseasesometimes referred to as Chisso-Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning.Symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet general muscle weaknessnarrowing of the field of vision and damage to hearing and speech.*In extreme cases insanity, paralysis, coma, and death follow within weeks of the onset of symptoms.*A congenital form of the disease can also affect foetuses in the womb.Minamata disease was first discovered in Minamata city in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan, in 1956.It was caused by the release of methylmercury in the industrial wastewater from the Chisso Corporation's chemical factory, which continued from 1932 to 1968.*This highly toxic chemical bioaccumulated in *****fish*and fish in Minamata Bay and the Shiranui Seawhich when eaten by the local populace resulted*in mercury poisoning.*While cat, dog, pig, and human deaths continued for 36 years, the government and company did little*to prevent the pollution.*The animal effects were severe enough in cats that they came to be called*"dancing cat fever."As of March 2001, 2,265 victims had been officiallyrecognised (1,784 of whom had died) and over 10,000 had received financial compensation from Chisso.By 2004, Chisso Corporation had paid $86 million in compensationand in the same year was ordered to clean up its contamination.On March 29, 2010, a settlement was reached to compensate as-yet uncertified victims.A second outbreak of Minamata disease occurred inNiigata Prefecture in 1965. The original Minamata disease and Niigata Minamata disease*are considered two of the Four Big Pollution Diseases of Japan.

 

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