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I am working at KWS (Kenya Wildlife Service) in Malindi, as a volunteer of JICA. My job is teacher of environment. This presentation is about disease caused by environmental pollution throuout of economic development after World WarII in Japan.
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Japanese experienceJapanese experience about pollution diseases about pollution diseases
Takatoshi AKAI
23-1 JOCV
KWS Malindi National Park
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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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