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The Cadmium in Their Rice Broke Bones and Lives
A woman in Toyama coughed and broke ribs from cadmium in rice and river water - how did the contamination expose entire communities?
The Cadmium in Their Rice Broke Bones and Lives
In this episode, we trace how slow industrial discharge into rivers became daily doses in food and water across Japan and the long path to accountability. What did investigators have to piece together to link rivers, rice, and disease?
Person: Mitsui Mining and Smelting Company
Location: Jinzū River, Toyama Prefecture
Date: 1910-1968 (operations to lawsuit)
Disease: Itai-itai (cadmium poisoning)
Exposure route…
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