Urayasu Incident

Japanese: 浦安事件 - うらやすじけん
Urayasu Incident

…These are called the two former water quality laws, in contrast to the Water Pollution Control Law. The impetus for the legalization of water pollution prevention was the Urayasu Incident, in which pulp wastewater discharged from the Honshu Paper Edogawa Mill polluted downstream fishing grounds, and fishermen from Urayasu protested by storming into the Honshu Paper Edogawa Mill on June 10, 1958, clashing with waiting police. This incident was the catalyst for the enactment of the two former water quality laws. …

*Some of the terms used in reference to the "Urayasu Incident" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これらは水質汚濁防止法に対して,旧水質二法と呼ばれる。水質汚濁防止の法制度化が進められることになった契機は,本州製紙江戸川工場から放出されたパルプ廃液が下流の漁場を汚染し,それに抗議する浦安漁民が1958年6月10日に本州製紙江戸川工場に突入し,待機していた警官隊と衝突した浦安事件であった。これを契機として,旧水質二法が制定されたのである。…

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