Pollution Images Info - The disease got its name from the city of Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan, which is an area where outbreak started in 1958. At that time there are problems with the city of Minamata disease outbreak in Japan. The disease is caused by consuming lots of fish and shellfish from Minamata Bay are contaminated with methyl mercury. Hundreds of people die due to diseases with symptoms that weird nerve paralysis.
