Japanese experienceJapanese experience about pollution diseases about pollution diseases

Takatoshi AKAI

23-1 JOCV

KWS Malindi National Park

Contents

Major pollution disease in Japan. Itai-itai disease Minamata disease Yokkaichi asthma Niigata Minamata disease How can we avoid pollution disease in Kenya

Major pollution diseaseMajor pollution disease in Japan.in Japan.

Minamata disease

Yokkaichi asthma

Itai-itai disease

Niigata minamata disease

Minamata disease

• Reason

• Symptom

⇒1950s~1960s⇒Minamata creek in Kumamoto⇒Waste water from Chisso co., ltd.⇒Methyl mercury

⇒Head ache ⇒ Cramp

Etc…

Itai-itai disease

• Reason

• Symptom

⇒1910~1970s ⇒ Jintsu river in Toyama Prefecture ⇒ Waste water from

Kamioka copal mountain ⇒ Mitsui Metal Industry Ltd.

⇒Cadmium

⇒ Very painful ⇒ Itai = painful

Yokkaichi asthma

• Reason

• Sad story

⇒1960s⇒Yokkaichi Industrial Area⇒Ash from burning oil

A girl, 3rd grade in Shiohama secondary school was longing for school trip to Tokyo.She was saying “Finally, we can breeze clean air”. However, just before the school trip, she had heart attack caused by asthma and dead.She was just 15 years old.

Niigata Minamata disease

• Reason

• Symptom

⇒1965⇒Agano river in Niigata⇒Waste water from Showa Denko Co., Ltd.⇒Methyl mercury

⇒Head ache ⇒ Cramp

Etc…

How can we avoid pollution disease in Kenya

•Learn from other countries experience.•Create law to reduce emission.•Educate about environmental issues.

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