Learn More About Minamata

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By visiting the links below you can learn more about the Minamata tragedy.

Press Release 28 January, 2011, Chiba, Japan - IPEN, CACP - Many Issues Impacting Public’s Health Still to be Resolved in Mercury Treaty- Talks not yet ready to be called the Minamata Convention
Intervention at INC2 on 25 February, 2011: Lessons Learned from Minamata- Takeshi Yasuma, Citizens Against Chemicals Pollution
NGO Statement by Ms. Shinobu Sakamoto at INC2 on 24 February, 2011: Speaking on behalf of: Collaborative Center for Minamata Disease Victims, Health Care Without Harm, IPEN, Zero Mercury Working Group
Press Release 24 January 2011, Chiba, Japan- ZMWG, CACP, EEB, HCWH - The best way to honor Minamata is to adopt a strong mercury treaty, say NGOs
Press Release, 23 January 2011- IPEN - Resolve Minamata before global mercury treaty named for victims
Statement by Minamata Victims and Supporter Groups Addressing the Government of Japan’s Proposal to Call the Mercury Treaty the “Minamata Convention,” 23 January, 2011
Appeal, 4 December, 2010: Statement by Minamata Disease Victims and Supporters Toward the Global Treaty on Mercury
Report: Minamata and the Global Treaty on Mercury - Honor Minamata, Learn From Minamata and Build a Strong Mercury Treaty
September, 2010- Kumamoto and Minamata Visit
Remember Minamata (Poster presented at INC 1, Stockholm, June 2010)
Minamata and Mercury Issues in Japan for INC 1 Stockholm June 7-11, 2010 (PowerPoint Presentation)
Email to ZMWG/IPEN about Japan’s Minamata Legacy and The Export Ban, 28 May, 2010