GEOG 3EC3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Chisso, Occidental Petroleum, London Congestion Charge
23 Feb 2016
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Figure: depicts the setup of the tanks at the factory. 68% of city"s land area, 93% of water supply, 30% of retail sales, half of city"s tax revenues (49%) Disease cats and dogs fed scraps at the dock suffered convulsions and odd behavior. Dancing and sometimes falling into the ocean when they died fish stock fell as well. Symptoms: tremors, convulsions, loss of speech and hearing, numbness. Mercury affects nervous system - brain cells turn into black spongy mass. Concentrated in placenta, so fetuses get higher dose (bioaccumulation) No one had any awareness of what was occurring, assumed it was contagious at first. Victims isolated in wards, families treated like lepers, many kept quiet as long as possible out of shame. 1969 first lawsuit against chisso (in favor of plaintiffs. 1980 lawsuit against chisso, federal and local governments. 2: support from chisso workers, issued shame declaration in 1968, apologizing for defending chisso in the past.
