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30 years on and 1984 gas tragedy continues to rile India's Bhopal

BHOPAL, India - Sanjay Yadav (L), 41, stands next to his two teenage sons who both suffer from physical deformities and mental underdevelopment in Bhopal, central India, on Nov. 17, 2014. Yadav said he, his wife and their children are suffering from the aftereffects of a 1984 incident in which a Union Carbide Corp. pesticide plant leaked deadly methyl-isocynate gas and other chemicals that turned into a dense toxic cloud hovering over the region, killing thousands of people and leaving tens of thousands more suffering from aftereffects of chemical poisoning.

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30 years on and 1984 gas tragedy continues to rile India's Bhopal

BHOPAL, India - Photo taken Nov. 18, 2014, shows the remains of a Union Carbide Corp. pesticide plant in Bhopal, central India, which leaked deadly methyl-isocynate gas and other chemicals that turned into a dense toxic cloud hovering over the region on the night of Dec. 2-3, 1984, killing thousands of people and leaving tens of thousands more suffering from aftereffects of chemical poisoning.

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Man caught trying to smuggle ecstasy into Japan

NARITA, Japan - A customs officer holds in his hand Sept. 27 tablets of methylene dioxy-methyl amphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy, which an Israeli man attempted to smuggle into Japan earlier this month. David Bitton, 32, was taken into police custody for trying to smuggle 25,400 tablets of the drug in violation of the Narcotics Control Law, the largest amount of MDMA ever seized at the airport.

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A Report from Minamata: Proof of Life

Jitsuko Tanaka, 18, an Minamata disease patient, was finally certified last December even though her disease started in 1955. The mercury used as a catalyst in the production process of acetaldehyde (a raw material for chemical products) at Chisso Corporation in Minamata City, Kumamoto Prefecture, was discharged into nature as factory effluent, which turned into organic mercury (methyl mercury). The main symptoms are sensory disturbance, nausea, and vomiting. The main symptoms are sensory disturbance, ataxia, narrowing of the visual field, hearing impairment, etc. In severe cases, the brain is affected, leading to death. In severe cases, it can affect the brain and lead to death. In addition, if a mother eats seafood contaminated with mercury during pregnancy, the fetus may develop Minamata disease. 　 In addition, if the mother eats seafood contaminated with mercury during pregnancy, fetal Minamata disease may develop. Date of shooting unknown, Date of release: March 10, 1972.

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30 years on and 1984 gas tragedy continues to rile India's Bhopal

BHOPAL, India - Photo taken Nov. 18, 2014, shows the remains of a Union Carbide Corp. pesticide plant in Bhopal, central India, which leaked deadly methyl-isocynate gas and other chemicals that turned into a dense toxic cloud hovering over the region on the night of Dec. 2-3, 1984, killing thousands of people and leaving tens of thousands more suffering from aftereffects of chemical poisoning. (Kyodo)

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Victim highlights suffering in event on mercury pollution treaty

Shinobu Sakamoto (2nd from R), a 61-year-old victim of Minamata mercury poisoning, speaks at an event in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sept. 28, 2017, on the sidelines of the first conference of signatory states to an international treaty to prevent mercury pollution. Sakamoto from the southwestern Japan city of Minamata was exposed to the toxic chemical while in the womb after her mother ate seafood contaminated with methyl mercury. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Victim highlights suffering in event on mercury pollution treaty

Shinobu Sakamoto, a 61-year-old victim of Minamata mercury poisoning, speaks at an event in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sept. 28, 2017, on the sidelines of the first conference of signatory states to an international treaty to prevent mercury pollution. Sakamoto from the southwestern Japan city of Minamata was exposed to the toxic chemical while in the womb after her mother ate seafood contaminated with methyl mercury. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Victim highlights suffering in event on mercury pollution treaty

Shinobu Sakamoto, a 61-year-old victim of Minamata mercury poisoning, speaks at an event in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sept. 28, 2017, on the sidelines of the first conference of signatory states to an international treaty to prevent mercury pollution. Sakamoto from the southwestern Japan city of Minamata was exposed to the toxic chemical while in the womb after her mother ate seafood contaminated with methyl mercury. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Celebrations for sufferers of embryonic Minamata disease turning 60

Two women and two men who are sufferers of embryonic Minamata disease attend a party at a welfare facility in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture on Feb. 4, 2017, held to celebrate their "kanreki" -- turning 60 -- an occasion for a special celebration in Japan. They suffer from the neurological disease as a result of their mothers eating mercury-contaminated seafood when pregnant with them. A Chisso Corp. chemical factory released methyl mercury along with wastewater into Minamata Bay between 1932 and 1968. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man caught trying to smuggle ecstasy into Japan

NARITA, Japan - A customs officer holds in his hand Sept. 27 tablets of methylene dioxy-methyl amphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy, which an Israeli man attempted to smuggle into Japan earlier this month. David Bitton, 32, was taken into police custody for trying to smuggle 25,400 tablets of the drug in violation of the Narcotics Control Law, the largest amount of MDMA ever seized at the airport.