Word: minamata
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...fishing town of Minamata, mercury poisoning has killed 46 villagers and paralyzed or blinded more than 70 during the past two decades--yet the Nippon Nitrogen Company continues to discharge its mercury wastes into the bay. The government has mirrored the company's indifference. Japan's Economic Planning Agency suppressed a report which demonstrated that the plant's effluents are lethal...