Showa Denko plant / Institute of Public Health / Kanose plant of Showa Denko / Factory Wastes Law / Oumi plant of Denki Kagaku Kogyo / Niigata University Hospital / Yokohama National University / National Institute of Health Sciences / Minamata plant / The University of Tokyo / Tokyo Institute of Technology / Dainippon Celluloid Arai plant / Kamioka Mining Station / University of Tokyo School / Minamata Municipal Hospital / Kumamoto University / Showa Denko Kanose plant / Niigata University / Kobe University / Chisso Minamata plant / Kanose plant / Institute of Brain Research / /
Minamata sea / Shinano River / Agano River / Shiranui Sea / Jintsu River / /
Organization
Kumamoto University / Minamata Disease Patient’s Families Mutual Aid Society / National Institute of Health / World Health Organization / Food and Sanitation Investigation Committee / Water Quality Deliberative Council / Environmental Hygienics Bureau / MITI / University of Tokyo / Kobe University / Niigata Prefectural Government / Niigata University / Institute of Health Sciences / Niigata University School of Medicine / Science and Technology Agency / Yokohama National University / Institute of Public Health / Niigata Fishermen’s Cooperative Association / Institute of Brain Research / Processed Foods Division / Prefectural Government / Niigata University Hospital / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations / Health Department / Niigata Public Health Center / Health Department of Niigata Prefecture / Citizens’ Council for Minamata Disease Countermeasures / Economic Planning Agency / University of Tokyo School of Medicine / Tokyo Institute of Technology / Ministry of Health / Epidemiology Division / Minamata Municipal Hospital / /
Chapter 4. The Process of Investigation of the Cause of Minamata Disease and Confirmation of the Pollution SourceDuring the period from May 1965, when the outbreak of Minamata disease in Niigata was officially rep