Annaka mine damage - Annaka mine damage

Japanese: 安中鉱害 - あんなかこうがい
Annaka mine damage - Annaka mine damage

...In 1968, the victims filed a lawsuit demanding compensation, and the first instance ruling was in June 1971, and the second instance ruling was in August 1972. Itai-itai disease, along with Minamata disease, renewed awareness of heavy metal pollution, and cadmium pollution, including the Annaka mine pollution in Gunma Prefecture (soil pollution caused by the Toho Zinc Annaka smelter), and arsenic pollution, including the Toroku mine pollution in Miyazaki Prefecture (chronic arsenic poisoning around the Toroku mine, where arsenic trioxide was produced), became problems. These mine pollutions were caused by reckless mining under the wartime system and the aggressive expansion of production from the postwar reconstruction to the high economic growth period. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Annaka Mine Disaster" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…68年に被害者により補償要求の訴訟がなされ,71年6月の第一審判決,72年8月の第二審判決とも被害者の勝訴となった。イタイイタイ病は水俣病とともに重金属汚染についての認識を新たにさせ,群馬県の安中鉱害(東邦亜鉛安中精錬所による土壌汚染)をはじめとするカドミウム汚染や,宮崎県の土呂久鉱害(亜ヒ酸を製造していた土呂久鉱山周辺での慢性ヒ素中毒)をはじめとするヒ素汚染が問題化することとなった。これらの鉱害は,戦時体制下での乱掘や戦後の復興から高度成長期にかけての強引な生産拡大に原因するものである。…

※「安中鉱害」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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