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-Neurotoxin that magnifies within food webs; typically found in polluted bodies of water; it poisoned
thousands of people when it was dumped into the waters off Japan; people who ate contaminated fish from the waters exhibited convulsions, slurred speech, loss of muscle control, and sudden fits of laughter; some people died

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The symptoms described in the item match those of Minamata disease, which was caused by mercury poisoning. Mercury is known to bioaccumulate and biomagnify within food webs and is found in polluted bodies of water. The dumping of mercury compounds into Minamata Bay in Japan led to thousands of people being poisoned, and some even died.

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