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Environment minister apologizes to Minamata disease sufferers [View all]
Environment minister apologizes to Minamata disease sufferers
MINAMATA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Environment Minister Goshi Hosono on Sunday apologized for the time it is taking the government to resolve the issue of providing relief measures to uncertified sufferers of Minamata mercury poisoning disease caused by the release of tainted water into the sea decades ago.
"I would like to apologize for the fact that the issue is yet to be solved and is still causing you suffering," Hosono said as he met with sufferers of the disease in Minamata, Kumotomo Prefecture for the first time since he took on the post of environment minister in September last year.
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The neurological illness, caused by mercury-tainted water released into the sea by a Chisso Corp. chemical plant in Minamata, southwestern Japan, was officially recognized in May 1956.
MINAMATA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Environment Minister Goshi Hosono on Sunday apologized for the time it is taking the government to resolve the issue of providing relief measures to uncertified sufferers of Minamata mercury poisoning disease caused by the release of tainted water into the sea decades ago.
"I would like to apologize for the fact that the issue is yet to be solved and is still causing you suffering," Hosono said as he met with sufferers of the disease in Minamata, Kumotomo Prefecture for the first time since he took on the post of environment minister in September last year.
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The neurological illness, caused by mercury-tainted water released into the sea by a Chisso Corp. chemical plant in Minamata, southwestern Japan, was officially recognized in May 1956.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2012/01/29/20120129p2g00m0dm021000c.html
This incident strongly colors Japanese perceptions of what is happening in Fukushima.
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