Timeline of Minamata disease

The following is a timeline of key events related to Minamata disease:

References

• "Minamata Disease: The History and Measures", The Ministry of the Environment, (2002), retrieved 17 January 2007
• "Minamata Disease Archives" by the National Institute for Minamata Disease, retrieved 29 October 2006
• Harada, Masazumi. (1972). Minamata Disease. Kumamoto Nichinichi Shinbun Centre & Information Center/Iwanami Shoten Publishers. C3036
• George, S. Timothy. (2001). Minamata: Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan. Harvard University Press.
• Ui, Jun. (1992). Industrial Pollution in Japan. United Nations University Press. . Chapter 4, section IV
• Smith, W. E. and Smith, A. M. (1975). Minamata. Chatto & Windus, Ltd. (London),

Further reading

• Oiwa, Keibo. (2001). Rowing the Eternal Sea: The Story of a Minamata Fisherman. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
• Steingraber, Sandra. (2001). Having Faith: An Ecologist Journey to Motherhood. Perseus Publishing.
• Approaches to Water Pollution Control, Minamata City, Kumamoto Prefecture
• Allchin, Douglas. The Poisoning of Minamata
• Sung about in the Alt. group Bush's "Disease of the Dancing Cats"
• Referenced as background in the 1979 horror film Prophecy
• Saito, Hisashi. (2009). Niigata Minamata Disease: Methyl Mercury Poisoning in Niigata, Japan. Niigata Nippo.
• Walker, Brett. (2010) "Toxic Archipelago: A History of Industrial Disease in Japan." University of Washington Press.
• Ishimure, Michiko (2003). Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minimata Disease. Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies.

External links

• ATSDR - ToxFAQs: Mercury - Frequently asked questions about Mercury
• National Institute for Minamata Disease
• Minamata Disease: The History and Measures - The Ministry of the Environment's summary of Minamata disease
• Soshisha - The Supporting Center for Minamata Disease and the Minamata Disease Museum
• Aileen Archive - Copyright holder of W. Eugene Smith's Minamata photos
• Photograph by W. Eugene Smith - Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath, 1972
• Minamata disease - Chapter from Industrial Pollution in Japan by Dr Jun Ui
• Toxic Archipelago: Industrial Pollution in Japan - A talk by Brett Walker, September 16, 2010
• Minamata Timeline by Minamata City Council.