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The Effect of Organic Mercury on Intrauterine Life

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Drugs and Fetal Development

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 27))

Abstract

The Minamata disease originates from the consumption of great amounts of fish and shellfish caught in the Minamata Bay, the Kumamoto Prefecture of Kyushu, Japan (Figure 1). The water system of the Minamata Bay has been polluted by methyl mercuric sulfide (CH3HgSCH3) and methyl mercuric chloride (CH3HgCl) through waste water discharged into the Minamata River by a vinylchloride and acetaldehyde plant (Figure 2).

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  1. Division of Pathology and Embryology Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Furo-cho,Chikusa-ku,Nagoya, Japan

    Ujihiro Murakami

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  1. Israel Institute for Biological Research and Tel-Aviv University Medical School, Ness-Ziona, Israel

    Marcus A. Klingerg (Head, Department of Epidemiology and Deputy Scientific Director) (Head, Department of Epidemiology and Deputy Scientific Director)

  2. Laboratory of Developmental Pathology J. Casper Department of Pathology, Beilinson Hospital and Tel-Aviv University Medical School, Petah-Tikva, Israel

    Armand Abramovici (Director) (Director)

  3. Birth Defects Clinic Departments of Pediatrics A and Pediatric Research, Kaplan Hospital (affiliated with the Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem), Rehovot, Israel

    Juan Chemke (Director) (Director)

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Murakami, U. (1972). The Effect of Organic Mercury on Intrauterine Life. In: Klingerg, M.A., Abramovici, A., Chemke, J. (eds) Drugs and Fetal Development. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 27. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3219-0_26

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