Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. It was named after Minamata city in Japan, where local residents suffered from mercury poisoning due to the release of methylmercury into the industrial wastewater from the Chisso Corporation's chemical factory.
Minamata disease found in Japan was due to
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