Special law enacted to relieve Kanemi food poisoning victims

Special law enacted to relieve Kanemi food poisoning victims

TOKYO, Japan - Acting agriculture minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi bows from the government bench of the House of Councillors on June 1 after the parliament enacted a special law to relieve victims of the 1968 food poisoning caused by contaminated cooking oil of Fukuoka Prefecture-based manufacturer Kanemi Soko K.K. The law is designed to exempt most of the 504 victims required to return to the state a total of 1.7 billion yen paid immediately after a court ruling in favor of their damages suit.

Special law enacted to relieve Kanemi food poisoning victims

Special law enacted to relieve Kanemi food poisoning victims

TOKYO, Japan - Acting agriculture minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi bows from the government bench of the House of Councillors on June 1 after the parliament enacted a special law to relieve victims of the 1968 food poisoning caused by contaminated cooking oil of Fukuoka Prefecture-based manufacturer Kanemi Soko K.K. The law is designed to exempt most of the 504 victims required to return to the state a total of 1.7 billion yen paid immediately after a court ruling in favor of their damages suit. (Kyodo)

PCB Contamination

Since the production of PCBs in 1954, 57,000 tons of PCBs have been produced, and Dr. Isono of Tokyo Metropolitan University has warned that it will affect the next generation. The cause was PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) used in the deodorization process of rice bran oil. Later, it was discovered that the real cause was dioxin, which was mixed in with PCBs to a very small extent. Until now, PCBs were said to be the cause of Kanemi's oil disease, but in fact, dibenzofuran, which is formed when PCBs are heated, is the real cause. 　 An interview with a patient on PCB testing An interview with Dr. Isono of Tokyo Metropolitan University on an experiment with chicks at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Hygiene Testing Department Footage of environmental destruction, *Filming date unknown, release date: June 16, 1972. .