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Mercury Pollution in Minamata / by Hisashi Yokoyama.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yokoyama, Hisashi., Author.
- Series:
- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science, 2191-5547
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pollution prevention.
- Environmental sociology.
- Communication.
- Environmental sciences.
- Environmental toxicology.
- Industrial management—Environmental aspects.
- Water--Pollution.
- Water.
- Industrial Pollution Prevention.
- Environmental Sociology.
- Environmental Communication.
- Ecotoxicology.
- Corporate Environmental Management.
- Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.
- Local Subjects:
- Industrial Pollution Prevention.
- Environmental Sociology.
- Environmental Communication.
- Ecotoxicology.
- Corporate Environmental Management.
- Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (IX, 67 p. 18 illus., 13 illus. in color.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2018.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. It overviews the poisoning which occurred in the 1950s and 1960s among the residents in Minamata who ate seafood contaminated with methylmercury discharged from the chemical factory, Chisso Corporation. It describes the history, symptoms pathogenesis and research on the causal agent, and discusses the responses of Chisso and the national and local governments to the outbreak, the victims, the compensation and environmental restructuring as well as the court ruling on claims. Based on lecture notes from a university course, it includes students’ suggestions for avoiding a repeat of the tragedy. The issue has not been settled yet, and this analysis of the incident provides useful insights into solutions to the current global mercury pollution problem. .
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Lecture on the methylmercury poisoning occurred in Minamata (MPM)
- 3. Assignment to students.
- Notes:
- CC BY
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9789811073922
- 9811073929
- OCLC:
- 1020270220
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