An exhibit featuring the works of an American photojournalist who documented Minamata disease has opened in Tokyo. Minamata disease is a neurological disease caused by mercury poisoning. Organic ...
At the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-6), Parties adopted 22 decisions in a productive week of collaboration and determination. From 3 to 7 ...
TOKYO, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Japan's government lobbied hard for a global pact that limits mercury use and to name the resulting treaty after Minamata, the site of a homegrown industrial disaster from ...