Mediated compensation agreement between Chisso and the Minamata Fishing Cooperative for damage to fishing
21 October
Shin Nichitsu changes the acetaldehyde plant wastewater discharge route back from Minamata River to Minamata Bay
2 November
Members of the Kumamoto Prefectural Alliance of Fishing Cooperatives invade the Minamata factory and riot, causing damage amounting to JPY10 million
12 November
The Ministry of Health and Welfare reports that "Minamata disease is a poisoning disease... caused by the consumption of large quantities of fish and shellfish living in Minamata Bay and its surroundings, the major causative agent being some sort of organic mercury compound."
17 December
Mediated compensation agreement between Chisso and the Kumamoto Prefectural Alliance of Fishing Cooperatives for damage to fishing
29 December
Mediated compensation agreement between Chisso and the Minamata Disease Patients Families Mutual Aid Society
29 November 1962
18 children are certified as the first congenital Minamata disease victims
- 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
Minamata Timeline by Minamata City Council.
October 23, 2023
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Main article Minamata disease The following is a timeline of key events related to Minamata disease Date Event1908 Nichitsu opens a chemical factory in Minamata1932 Acetaldehyde production using a mercury catalyst begins1945 Japan is defeated in World War II The Allied occupying forces order the dismissal of Nichitsu1950 Shin Nichitsu is founded as the successor to the old companyAugust 1951 The co catalysed was changed from manganese dioxide to ferric sulfide resulting in side production of methylmercury19561 May Company hospital director Hajime Hosokawa reports the discovery of Minamata disease24 August Kumamoto University research group formed4 November Kumamoto University research group reports initial suspicion of a heavy metal poisoning presumably through eating contaminated fish1958March British neurologist Douglas McAlpine suggests that Minamata disease symptoms resemble those of organic mercury poisoningSeptember Shin Nichitsu changes the acetaldehyde plant wastewater discharge route from Minamata Bay to Minamata River1959February Investigations of Minamata Bay uncover shocking mercury contamination29 August Mediated compensation agreement between Chisso and the Minamata Fishing Cooperative for damage to fishing21 October Shin Nichitsu changes the acetaldehyde plant wastewater discharge route back from Minamata River to Minamata Bay2 November Members of the Kumamoto Prefectural Alliance of Fishing Cooperatives invade the Minamata factory and riot causing damage amounting to JPY10 million12 November The Ministry of Health and Welfare reports that Minamata disease is a poisoning disease caused by the consumption of large quantities of fish and shellfish living in Minamata Bay and its surroundings the major causative agent being some sort of organic mercury compound 17 December Mediated compensation agreement between Chisso and the Kumamoto Prefectural Alliance of Fishing Cooperatives for damage to fishing29 December Mediated compensation agreement between Chisso and the Minamata Disease Patients Families Mutual Aid Society29 November 1962 18 children are certified as the first congenital Minamata disease victims19651 January Shin Nichitsu changes its name to the Chisso Corporation12 June The outbreak of a second Minamata disease in Niigata Prefecture is made public1968March Niigata patients file a lawsuit against Showa Denko26 September The national government issues an official conclusion as to the cause of Minamata disease and Niigata Minamata disease196914 June Litigation Group of the Mutual Aid Society files a lawsuit against Chisso in the Kumamoto District Court19704 July Hajime Hosokawa testifies from his deathbed about his cat experiments in the Litigation Group trial27 May Arbitrated compensation agreement between Chisso and the Arbitration Group of the Mutual Aid Society197129 September Showa Denko found guilty of negligence Niigata patients win compensation1972197320 March Chisso found guilty of negligence Litigation Group patients win compensation1977 A net is installed around Minamata Bay to prevent toxic sludge and fish from contaminating other areas1 September 1997 The net surrounding Minamata Bay is removed and fish caught there are declared safe to eat15 October 2004 The Supreme Court of Japan rules that the national government was responsible for not preventing the spread of Minamata disease after 1960References EditThis article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations November 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Minamata Disease The History and Measures The Ministry of the Environment 2002 retrieved 17 January 2007 Minamata Disease Archives Archived 2016 03 03 at the Wayback Machine by the National Institute for Minamata Disease retrieved 29 October 2006 Harada Masazumi 1972 Minamata Disease Kumamoto Nichinichi Shinbun Centre amp Information Center Iwanami Shoten Publishers ISBN 4 87755 171 9 C3036 George S Timothy 2001 Minamata Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan Harvard University Press ISBN 0 674 00785 9 Ui Jun 1992 Industrial Pollution in Japan United Nations University Press ISBN 92 808 0548 7 Chapter 4 section IV Smith W E and Smith A M 1975 Minamata Chatto amp Windus Ltd London ISBN 0 7011 2131 9Further reading EditOiwa Keibo 2001 Rowing the Eternal Sea The Story of a Minamata Fisherman Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers ISBN 0 7425 0021 7 Steingraber Sandra 2001 Having Faith An Ecologist Journey to Motherhood Perseus Publishing ISBN 0 425 18999 6 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 ISBN 0 295 98954 8 Ishimure Michiko 2003 Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow Our Minimata Disease Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies External links EditATSDR ToxFAQs Mercury Frequently asked questions about Mercury National Institute for Minamata Disease Archived 2014 04 12 at the Wayback Machine 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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