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The Four Big Pollution Diseases of Japan

Name of disease Cause Source Year

Minamata disease

Mercury poisoning

Chisso chemical factory

1932 - 1968

Niigata Minamata disease

Mercury poisoning

Shwa Electrical Works

1965

Yokkaichi Asthma

Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide

Air pollution in Yokkaichi

1961

Itai-itai disease

Cadmium poisoning

Mining in Toyama Prefecture

1912

Fukushima nuclear disaster

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