bs2> The #AsiaArsenicNetwork (#AAN 2006, 4) documented the case of #KiemonSato’s family that lived only 100m from a kiln. All seven members suffered similar symptoms, including blackened skin and bad coughs. Five members died between 1930 and 1931. Another died in 1937, and yet another in 1951, all of them still rather young.
#Toroku on #EJAtlas #CommonsDamage #BampenChaiyarak
https://ejatlas.org/conflict/toroku-miyazaki-prefecture-japan
#Toroku on #EJAtlas #CommonsDamage #BampenChaiyarak
https://ejatlas.org/conflict/toroku-miyazaki-prefecture-japan
Toroku mine, arsenic pollution, Miyazaki prefecture, Japan | EJAtlas
In the mountain hamlet of Toroku, Miyazaki prefecture, there was arsenic pollution for many decades. After years of complaints and a court case, those plaintiffs who were still alive got a small compensation agreement in 1990.