Protest rally by Minamata disease patients in 1970

Protest rally by Minamata disease patients in 1970

TOKYO, Japan, June 22 Kyodo - Minamata disease patients and their supporters stage a protest rally in front of the Health and Welfare Ministry in Tokyo on May 25, 1970, carrying photo boards of people suffering from the neurological disease caused by mercury-tainted water dumped into the sea by a Tokyo-based chemical company that ravaged the small coastal city of Minamata in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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