Minamata disease patient to attend conference on mercury pollution

Minamata disease patient to attend conference on mercury pollution

Photo taken in June 2017 in the southwestern Japan city of Minamata shows Shinobu Sakamoto, a Minamata disease patient, who will visit Switzerland in September to attend the first conference of signatory states to an international treaty to prevent mercury pollution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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