[PDF.98py] Rowing the Eternal Sea: The Story of a Minamata Fisherman (Asian Voices)

Rowing the Eternal Sea: The Story of a Minamata Fisherman (Asian Voices)

[PDF.bp58] Rowing the Eternal Sea: The Story of a Minamata Fisherman (Asian Voices)

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 | #482897 in Books |  Rowman Littlefield Publishers |  2001-10-16 |  2001-10-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.51 x5.80l,.86 | File type: PDF | 206 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent book on Minamata Disease and the lives of the local fisherman|By Kimberly Fujioka|I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book by Ogata Masato and Oiwa Keibo, for two reasons: 1. it accurately describes the cause of Minamata Disease or mercury poisoning of a fishing village in Kyushu Japan by Chisso Corporation. 2. it portrays the beautiful fishing villages of Minamata Bay| |It is an important story, focusing on the socioeconomic aspects that get short shrift in the biomedical literature. The book recounts Masato's childhood, coming of age, self-realization, and the crusade he carried out to gain recognition for sufferers of Minam

In the early 1950s fisherfolk and other villagers around Minamata Bay on the western coast of Kyushu, Japan, began to suffer from mysterious and often fatal symptoms of what came to be known as Minamata disease. It was not until 1968 that the government acknowledged its cause―organic mercury poisoning from effluent released by Chisso Corporation, a chemical manufacturer and the largest employer in the Japanese city for which the disease was named. For decades the compa...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Rowing the Eternal Sea: The Story of a Minamata Fisherman (Asian Voices)   |  Keibo Oiwa.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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