The Pollution Diet

backgrounds

100

Japan became known as the worst ________ country in the 1960s

polluted

200

Japan was the world's third largest

industrial power

300

What kind of growth was the overriding goal in post-war Japan?

economic growth

400

With the expansion of industrial production complaints about this started in 1969

rising pollution

500

Japan had a GNP growth rate of __% compared to the US' 4.8%

14.8%

Minamata disease

100

Minamata disease also known as

methylmercury poisoning 

200

Minamata disease comes from a factory producing what

vinyl

300

What kinds of products found in Minamata Bay displayed high levels of Hg contamination 

marine products

400

Some symptoms of Minamata disease include

sensory disturbances, ataxia dysarthria, visual impairments, auditory impairments, and tremors

500

Physical lesions and swelling shown through autopsy on what part of the human body

the brain

Grassroots activism

100

complaints about pollution were rising in 

1969

200

protests sought after the implementation of

environmental policies

300

protests fought against

rising pollutions 

400

activism was based in ____ & ____

community and culture

500

victims of Minamata disease were very vocal, this is known as 

victim advocacy

government responses

100

what is the pollution diet

14 laws passed by Japan in 1970; they were meant to curb severe industrial pollution, diets to mitigate the negative health effects of air pollution through nutrition 

200

How many major court cases were there from individuals against major corporations for their pollution

four

300

Initially weak, lacked jurisdiction over pollution sources - out in 1971

Environment Agency 

400

Intentionally weak law(s), designed for public appeasment

1967 Basic Law

500

This diet was a dramatic and politically calculated response to electoral threats

The Pollution Diet