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土呂久砒素公害
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1. Toroku arsenic diseaseToroku arsenic disease was a disease resulting from air and water pollution from a refinery at a mine at Toroku, located in Takachiho, Nishiusuki District, Miyazaki, Japan. It emitted arsenic-containing air, resulting in patients with chronic arsenic poisoning producing skin changes, skin cancers and sometimes lung cancer. The Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. , Ltd. , which bought the right of mining was sued by the patients for health damage, but 15 years later, the law suit ended with a compromise.
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