Research identifies potential cause of Minamata mercury poisoning
Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 14:40
in Earth & Climate
One of the world's most horrific environmental disasters—the 1950 and 60s mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan—may have been caused by a previously unstudied form of mercury discharged directly from a chemical factory, research by the University of Saskatchewan (USask) has found.