Minamata disease was caused by the release of methylmercury in the wastewater of the Chisso Corporation's chemical factory, which accumulated in shellfish and fish in the bay, subsequently poisoning the people and animals that ate them.
In Minamata Bay Japan the animals which remained free from Minamata disease, are
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