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Monday, November 1, 2010 @ 9:40 AM
Below were the events that happened in 1971 in Minamata Bay, a coastal town in Japan.


1. A plastic factory (Chisso cooperation) had discharged waste water containing methyl-mercury into the bay near some villages.
2. Methyl mercury was absorbed by water weeds.
3. Water weeds were eaten by the fishes at the minamata bay and shiranui sea.
4. Fish and shellfish caught in the bay and sea contain high concentration of methyl mercury.
5. The fishes or shellfishes contained methyl mercury were being eaten by the local villages. After that some dead of methyl mercury poisoning and some were either blinded or paralysed.




Something more....
Why did the number of people getting the minamata disease increase?




It is because......
- certain chemicals are not excreted from body instead it accumulated.
- Therefore, as the chemicals are passed along the food chain, it becomes more concentrated in the bodies of the final consumer(s).
- This is called bioaccumulation .