Lessons learned from previous environmental health crises: Narratives of patients with Minamata disease in TV documentaries as the main media outlet

On 16 August 2017, the Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury. Minamata disease is caused by methylmercury poisoning in humans. The victims’ acute symptoms were captured in photographs by Eugene Smith by which...

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Main Authors: Mio Kato, Naoko Ono, Hirono Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Okuhara, Masafumi Okada, Takahiro Kiuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Cogent Arts & Humanities
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2018.1447780