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Minamata disease

Minamata disease Meaning & Definition
Minamata disease Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Minamata disease?

[n] 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

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See Also | mercury poisoning

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