The minamata disaster was a catastrophic disaster which happened in the years 1932-1969. A fertilizer and later petrochemical company from the Chisso Corporation was found to be dumping mercury compounds in Minamata bay, Japan. They had been polluting the bay for 37 years. This disaster lead to over 3,000 people suffering different deformities, major poisoning symptoms or death from what is known as Minamata disease. Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms of this disease are ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, loss of peripheral vision, and damage to hearing and speech. In the worst cases, insanity, paralysis, coma, and death follow inside weeks of the onset …show more content…
Doctors didn’t expect new patients to appear due to this, causing a number of problems in the following years, as the pollution remained the same. The issue of Minamata disease had been resolved in most peoples minds. Minamata diseaseis still an significant issue in current Japanese culture. Lawsuits counter to Chisso and the prefectural and national governments are always continuing and many look at the government’s response up to now poor. Their 2004 yearly report says an equivalent of around US$50 million (5,820 million yen) in "Minamata Disease Compensation Liabilities". The company reported overall compensation liabilities of over US$170 million from 2000 to 2003. Their 2000 accounts also show that the Japanese and Kumamoto prefectural governments waived a massive US$560 million in connected liabilities. On the first of May 2006 to mark 50 years since the discovery of minamata disease a memorial service was held at the Minamata Disease Municipal Museum. Over 600 people went to this service even though the weather was bad. Chisso chairman Shunkichi Goto andEnvironment Minister Yuriko Koike were among the people who attended the
The disaster which occurred on the 15th of October 1970 and the tragedy of the 35 deaths was utterly unnecessary. That it should have been allowed to happen was inexcusable. There was no sudden onslaught of natural forces, or no sudden failure of new or untested material.
The medical field is a vast land of beauty but with great beauty comes immense horror. There are many deadly viruses and diseases found in the medical field. In the novel, The Hot Zone by Richard Preston, the author discusses the many deadly viruses found in the field. The viruses are widespread due to the errors that occur when the viruses are in the presence of human beings. The effects of the errors performed by the human race include a decrease in population and wildlife. The viruses are spread in many different ways in the novel, but all are due to human mistakes.
study I am going to go into detail about the epidemiology, discuss the signs and
Komatsu, the largest Japanese corporation that manufactures heavy equipment, was established in 1921 as a specialized producer of mining equipment. In this case, the company had been through a lot of circumstances, some of them had raised the company status and some of them not. Initially, when the Japanese government allowed the foreign investors to roll and share the market in the region. In the other hand, before that situation happened, Komatsu was held a market share of more than 50%, despite the low quality of its equipment at that time. In my opinion, most of the changes that took place within the organizational structure and strategies of the company over the years had caused instability in the development
The dropping of the atomic bombs had led to the death of hundreds of thousands of innocent Japanese citizens. When the bombs were detonated in
Chernobyl was the greatest nuclear disaster of the 20th century. On April 26th, 1986, one of four nuclear reactors located in the Soviet Union melted down and contaminated a vast area of Eastern Europe. The meltdown, a result of human error, lapsed safety precautions, and lack of a containment vessel, was barely contained by dropping sand and releasing huge amounts of deadly radioactive isotopes into the atmosphere. The resulting contamination killed or injured hundreds of thousands of people and devastated the environment. The affects of this accident are still being felt today and will be felt for generations to come.
There were also “92’000 emergency-room visits and 620,000 visits to a doctor’s office in a year”(David Suzuki Foundation) liked to air pollution-related illness which sums u...
The uncertainty of the disease could be discovered through predictable patterns that made the polluting actions detectable for the invisible bacteria within the urban population of the London. In recent decades, England had experienced considerable urbanization. The poor lived in the section of cities that make unsanitary seem like a kind term. Disease and epidemics were much more prevalent in the area surrounded by the poor. The poor were frequently blamed for their living conditions and eventually the disease. So, it is important to have sanitation and cleanliness all over the places. For instance, today’s the nursing students. Pure air is the single most important focus for a nurse in caring for patients, eventually leads to the modern world’s facilities and advance technologies of ventilating rooms and evacuating sewers of vaporous matter. This may be helpful in reducing the disease spread and deaths. But it actually does help prevent the spread of the disease today. As we can see that the people’s average living age has been increase than what it was before because of the cure and
Financial magnate still exists in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea. In the past, the financial magnate changed from plutocrat which has strong relationships with the government. In Korea, they call it chaebol and the Japanese call it zaibatsu. The meaning of it refers to a family or a parent company whose kinship relationship is established by the parent company and owns and owns a business group of subsidiaries of various undertakings. The essay will describe and explain the differences of financial magnates of Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea as well as impact.
Looking after one’s health is very important as it helps us to stay away from diseases and live a happy life, which is why I personally worship my health. Therefore, I find it rather interesting to study about the diseases and it’s adverse effects on one’s health. In future, after completing my University, I have a strong desire to help the poor and illiterate people who don’t have access to the healthcare facilities.
.... However, this wasn’t always the case. There were improvements, nevertheless, people still got sick because of the unsanitary conditions of the factory.
...n and diseases. Water and air pollution as consequence of rapid industrialization led to increase disease in Japan during rapid growth period.
The death toll climbs to over 10,000 and is still rising (Branigan 2). The disaster in Japan began without warning on Friday March 11, 2011 at 2:46pm with a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in the country (Fackler 3). A massive thirty-three foot high tsunami, generated by the earthquake, swept over lands in northern Japan, taking objects and debris with it. To make matters worse, the tsunami caused the cooling systems at several nuclear power plants to fail. The disaster in Japan was a tragic event, and it had a plethora of causes and effects.
Before the 1970s, when environmental regulation became commonplace in the United States, environmental health was not a main priority. Sanitation infrastructure was lackluster, high levels of air and water pollution was normal and disease outbreaks were common. These environmental health problems were not new and were not unique to the United States; they were present on a global scale. Cholera outbreaks in London, typhoid fever outbreaks in Chicago and New York were all a result of weak environmental laws. Rodent infestations in the fourteenth century riddled