A terrible environmental disaster occurred at Minamata Bay, Japan, in the early 1950s. More than 600 people died, and 1,300 people became severely ill. This event was caused by ______.

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The Minamata disease, a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning, was the result of consuming fish and shellfish contaminated by mercury discharged in industrial wastewater from the Chisso Corporation's chemical factory.

A Terrible Environmental Disaster Occurred at Minamata Bay, Japan, in the Early