The Minamata disease of Japan in 1953 was caused by eating fish contaminated by_____.

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Mercury. The Minamata disease of Japan in 1953 was caused by eating fish contaminated by Mercury. This disease is named after Japanese city ‘Minamata’. Minamata disease was caused by eating large quantity of fish and shellfish polluted by methyl mercury discharged into Minamata Bay. The methyl mercury that enters the body mainly attacks the central nervous system. The symptoms include numbness and unsteadiness in the legs and hands, tiredness, ringing in the ears, narrowing of the field of vision, loss of hearing, slurred speech, and awkward movements.

The Minamata disease of Japan in 1953 was caused by eating fish contaminated by_____.

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