O le 1971 Iraq poison grain disaster was a mass methylmercury poisoning incident that began in late 1971. Grain treated with a methylmercury fungicide and never intended for human consumption was imported into Iraq as seed grain from Mexico and the United States. Ona o le tele o mea taua, e aofia ai le faaigoaina i gagana ese ma le tuai ona tufatufaina i totonu o le tuputupu ae taamilosaga, o lenei mea oona na taumafaina e pei o meaai e tagata Iraq i nuu i tua. Na mafatia tagata i le paresthesia (nisi o le paʻu), ataxia (leai o le tuufaatasia o maso gaioiga) ma le leiloa o le vaai, e tutusa ma na vaaia ina ua aafia Minamata faamai i Iapani. O le faamauina maliu o le 459 tagata, ae e le itiiti ifo i le sefulu taimi sili atu fuainumera ua fautuaina. O le 1971 oona o le sili ona tele faʻalavelave oona oona o le mercury ina ua tupu, ma le tumutumu o mataupu na tupu ia Fepuari ma Mati 1972 ma taofi i le faaiuga o Ianuari o le 1972 ma le taunuu i
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