Min|a|ma|ta disease

Min|a|ma|ta disease
Min|a|ma|ta disease «MIHN uh MAH tuh»,
poisoning by ingestion of mercury from contaminated fish and shellfish: »

Minamata disease, as it came to be called, produced progressive weakening of the muscles, loss of vision, impairment of other cerebral functions, eventual paralysis and in some cases coma and death. The victims had suffered structural injury to the brain (Scientific American).

╂[< Minamata Bay, in western Kyushu, Japan, where it was first identified]

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