Livro Bitter Sea Bitter Sea: the Human Cost of Minamata Disease the Human Co de Akio Mishima/ Lester R. Brown pela Kosei Publishing Company (1992)

Descrição: Medicina. Capa brochura e páginas em ótimo estado. The cause of Minamata disease--a fatal illness that attacks the nervous system--was first pinpointed in 1957 as organic mercury poisoning from effluent released by the Chisso Corp., a chemical manufacturer and the largest employer in the Japanese city for which the disease was named. For the next 20 years the company denied responsibility, and was joined by the government in its attempt to cover up the problem. One courageous woman, Michiko Shirashi, took up the cause of the people affected by the disease; her book, Paradise of the Bitter Sea , won nationwide recognition and support for the victims. Freelance journalist Mishima gives a gripping account of this long, bitter struggle, with Shirashi at the center. There were lawsuits that ran

Dimensões: 15 x 22 x 2 cm³

Estante: Medicina

Peso: 560 gramas

Idioma: Inglês

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