YWR: Monsanto and Minamata Babies

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Before WWII Minamata was a sleepy fishing village on the island of Kyushu at the southern end of Japan. But after WWII this formerly sleepy fishing village was a booming beneficiary of Japan’s post-war chemical industry. Minamata was the site for Chisso Corporation’s most advanced chemical factory. In the 1920’s and 30’…