Environmental Violence in Minamata: Responsibility, Resistance, and Religiosity in the Case of Ogata Masato and Hongan no Kai
The small town of Minamata is infamous for the industrial disease named after the city. This disease resulted from having ingested methyl mercury, a substance released for more than three decades by a factory owned by the Chisso Corporation. Upon entering the human body, mercury affects the nervous...
Main Author: | Yuki Miyamoto |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
MDPI AG
2018-05-01
|
Series: | Religions |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/9/5/166 |
Similar Items
-
Mercury Pollution in Minamata
by: Yokoyama, Hisashi
Published: (2018) -
Mercury Pollution in Minamata
Published: (2018) -
Bodhisattva Jizō and Folk Religious Influences: Elements of Folk Religion in Jizō’s Understanding in Japan
by: Iva LAKIĆ PARAĆ
Published: (2016-02-01) -
MercuNorth – monitoring mercury in pregnant women from the Arctic as a baseline to assess the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention
by: Bryan Adlard, et al.
Published: (2021-01-01) -
Lessons learned from previous environmental health crises: Narratives of patients with Minamata disease in TV documentaries as the main media outlet
by: Mio Kato, et al.
Published: (2018-01-01)