The blood of my veins - mercury, Minamata and the soul of Japan.
Clin Toxicol (Phila)
; 55(8): 934-938, 2017 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-28594236
ABSTRACT
The methylmercury contamination of Minamata Bay during the WWII postwar period resulted in thousands of Japanese citizens suffering horrific neurological injury. Fear and miscommunication destroyed and changed family and social structure. In addition, the Minamata poisoning caused momentous changes in the civic discourse in Japan and was an instrumental event in the democratization of the country. This manuscript describes the effects that the environmental contamination and human poising had in the transition of Japan from a feudal society to a democratic one.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
2_ODS3
Problema de salud:
2_quimicos_contaminacion
Asunto principal:
Contaminantes Químicos del Agua
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Industria Química
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Intoxicación del Sistema Nervioso por Mercurio
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Exposición a Riesgos Ambientales
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Compuestos de Metilmercurio
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Sistema Nervioso
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Toxicol (Phila)
Asunto de la revista:
TOXICOLOGIA
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos