what is minimata disease? how it got its name?

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It is a neurological syndrome, characterised by impaired brain functions such as speech, sight and muscular coordination. Its causes are severe mercury poisoning. It is called Minimata, after the name of the City Minimata in Japan, where it was first discovered.
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minimata disease was discovered in Minamata city in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan, in 1956 from there it got its name. It is caused by the intake of methyl mercury which is released from chemical industries. It is a neurological syndrome.
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Minimata is the neurological disease occur in humans caused by the poisoning of methylmercury chemical. When Humans ingested fish and shelfish contaminated by methylmercury discharged in waste water from chemical plant.This disease was first discovered in Minimata city, south west region of Japan ,Kyushu...
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Minimata is the neurological disease occur in humans caused by the poisoning of methylmercury chemical. When Humans ingested fish and shelfish contaminated by methylmercury discharged in waste water from chemical plant.This disease was first discovered in Minimata city, south west region of Japan ,Kyushu Island.So it was named as Minimata disease. read less
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it is neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, loss of peripheral vision, and damage to hearing and speech. In extreme cases, insanity, paralysis, coma, and death follow within weeks of the onset of symptoms. Minamata...
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it is neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, loss of peripheral vision, and damage to hearing and speech. In extreme cases, insanity, paralysis, coma, and death follow within weeks of the onset of symptoms. Minamata disease was first discovered in Minamata city in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan, in 1956.So in this reason got the name. read less
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Minimata is caused by poisoning by a heavy metal namely mercury and it leads to numbness in hands poor working of brain,leads to paralysis It was first diagnosed in minimata ,a place in japan so is its name
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its a neurological disease caused due to mercury poisoning. It got its name because it was first discovered in minimata city so its named as minimata disease.
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we got this disease from germs,we have to protect our self from germs.
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you mean minamata!! Right!! Its a disease causes poisoning which can affect speech,sight or muscular coordination. and mainly this minimata poisoning causes due to presence of mercury in waste materials. and it got the name minamata because it was discovered in Minamata city.
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minimata disease,sometimes referred to as Chisso-Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, loss of peripheral vision, and damage to hearing and speech. In extreme cases, insanity, paralysis,...
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minimata disease,sometimes referred to as Chisso-Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, loss of peripheral vision, and damage to hearing and speech. In extreme cases, insanity, paralysis, coma, and death follow within weeks of the onset of symptoms. A congenital form of the disease can also affect fetuses in the womb. read less
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Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by mercury poisoning. The main causal agent is Methylmercury chloride. The symptoms are: Loss of peripheral vision Muscle weakness Numbness in hands and feet Damage of hearing and speech In extreme cases, insanity, paralysis, coma or even death...
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Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by mercury poisoning. The main causal agent is Methylmercury chloride. The symptoms are: Loss of peripheral vision Muscle weakness Numbness in hands and feet Damage of hearing and speech In extreme cases, insanity, paralysis, coma or even death is possible. This disease was first discovered in a small fishing village of Japan called Minamata and hence the nomenclature. It is one of the most biggest pollution disease of Japan. The Chisso corporation is held responsible for outbreak of this disease. They dumped inorganic mercury into the ocean which the related with the water to form organic mercury. The toxic waste discharged into the water, consumed by fish, then found itself by nutrition into the human body. Photographic trivia: The prolific American photo journalist W Eugene Smith documented this disease and his photo essay brought attention of the world to this disease. read less
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