It was the cats in Minamata that first indicated something was amiss - they were going into convulsions after eating locally-caught fish. The toxin, a neurological disease caused by severe mercury poisoning, eventually led up the food chain to humans. My hometown of Los Angeles is currently facing a similar issue, with barrels of dioxin being found on the seabed. The sea is used as a dump but should not be. A ceremony was held yesterday to commemorate this deathly human error. - William https://kumanichi.com/news/id215795