Minamata disease
a severe neurological disease caused by mercury poisoning, first discovered in the Japanese city of Minamata.
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Summary
Minamata disease is a rare disease[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of rare disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,439 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Japan[3]
- Instance of: environmental disease[4], mercury poisoning[5], pollution-related disease[6], class of disease[7], environmental impact of mercury[8], environmental conflict[9]
- Named after: Minamata[10]
- Subclass of: erethism[11], environmental disease[12], mercury poisoning[13], pollution-related disease[14]
- Commons category: Minamata disease[15]
- Has cause: methylmercury(1+)[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Minamata disease[17]
- Topic has template: Template:Minamata disease[18]
- Native label: 水俣病[19]
- Health specialty: emergency medicine[20]
- Perpetrator: Chisso[21]
- P14541: 3H6Njd[22], DHsEA[23]
Why It Matters
Minamata disease has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]