Health check for Minamata disease ahead of relief deadline

Health check for Minamata disease ahead of relief deadline

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A man (L) receives a health checkup in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, on June 24, 2012, in the largest-ever screening for potential Minamata disease sufferers in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures ahead of the end-of-July deadline for applying for state redress.

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