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1965 Minamata disease outbreak in Niigata Prefecture

1965 Minamata disease outbreak in Niigata Prefecture — Japanese outbreak of mercury poisoning.

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Japan
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ja 日本の公害病、有機水銀を含んだ廃液による食物連鎖で生じた中毒性中枢神経系疾患

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