Word: araki
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...human body has functions to discharge foreign wastes," declared Masuo Araki, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, in a recent speech that startled his audience. "We must have the spirit to eat contaminated rice." But in Nagano City, the owner of a paint factory was so depressed over the cadmium scare that he committed suicide. "I would like to stop using cadmium," he said in a farewell note, "but I cannot. I am assuming full responsibility and choosing death." Some U.S. scientists now rank cadmium ahead of lead as a dangerous pollutant. It is a prime candidate...