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Minamata Disease

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Minamata Disease

What it is

  • Chronic poisoning by alkyl mercury compounds
  • Impairment of brain functions
  • 1950'S named after Minamata town in Japan
  • Caused by disposal of industrial waste

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  • Minamata city in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
  • Release of methylmercury
  • which continued from 1932 to 1968.

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Effects

  • difficulty to walk
  • convulsion
  • speech difficulties

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Treatments

  • Promotion of methyl mercury excretion
  • Administration of antioxidants
  • Drug Therapy

How it could have been prevented