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Minimata factory opens
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Pesticide use grows a lot
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Introduction of commercial DDT
Advertisement even showed people saying "DDT is good for me!" DDT is a chemical product to target pests. Was used in war to protect soldiers from malaria and other diseases carried by insects. People started using it on their crops as pesticide and in their homes. -
First showing of disease
Receiving reports of epilepsy as a result of mercury poisoning which messes with motor neurones. -
Post WW2 Reconstruction in Japan
Economy was producing a lot of refrigerators, washing machines, television sets. -
Toxic poisoning of CNS
Organic mercury found in seafood due to factory waste being polluted into the lake. Acetaldehyde was the anaerobic bacteria which made methylmercury, which is entirely absorbed by gut. -
Prime minister of Japan introduces doubling income plan
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Tokyo Olympic Games
Showed the world that Japan was now transitioning into becoming a developed country. -
Japan has second largest GNP in the world
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Factory stopped dumping into lake
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CITES - Convention on International in Endangered Species
CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. -
Minimata water declared safe
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Millennium Development Goals Target 2015
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty rates to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world's countries and all the world's leading development institutions. -
Stockholm Convention
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an international environmental treaty, signed in 2001 and effective from May 2004, that aims to eliminate or restrict the production and use of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). -
COP21 and the “Transforming our world” document, target 2030
The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21 or CMP 11 was held in Paris, France, from 30 November to 12 December 2015. In 2015 COP21, also known as the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, will, for the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations, aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C. -
UN Summit in NY
Redesigned 8 MDGs into 17 SDGs, document is called Agenda for Sustainable Development, target for 2030. -
Target for 8 Millenium Development Goals
to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger;
to achieve universal primary education;
to promote gender equality and empower women;
to reduce child mortality;
to improve maternal health;
to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases;
to ensure environmental sustainability; and
to develop a global partnership for development.