Regarding Minamata disease, regarding the health survey of residents that the government is planning to implement in the future, on the 6th, a group made up of patients and others requested that the government implement the survey as soon as possible in cooperation with local doctors. did.
Regarding Minamata disease, in order to relieve residents' concerns about their health, the national government has announced that it will conduct health surveys of residents around Minamata Bay and other areas based on the Special Measures Law enacted in 2009. Is not ...
On the 6th, about 130 people, including representatives of Minamata disease patient groups from Kumamoto, Kagoshima, and Niigata prefectures, gathered in Tokyo, and many residents in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures are particularly worried about the coastal areas of the Shiranui Sea. We have submitted a request to the government to implement an early health survey in the city and to create an executive committee for the survey that includes local doctors as members.
The person in charge of the Ministry of the Environment who received the request said, "We would like to read the request carefully and consider how to proceed based on various opinions."
Some of the participants said, "Many people have died of old age in the last 13 years, and I want an early survey."
Ichiro Motojima, the secretary-general of the patient group, said, "I want the survey to be carried out as soon as possible in order to clarify the extent of damage caused by Minamata disease and pass on the lessons learned to future generations. I want it," he said.