Chibage chakagadziriswa nemethylmercury fungicide uye chisina kumbobvira chakatemerwa kudyiwa nevanhu chakatumirwa kuIraq sezviyo zvembeu kubva kuMexico neUnited States. Nekuda kwezvinhu zvinoverengeka, kusanganisira kunyorwa kwemitauro yekune dzimwe nyika uye kunonoka kugoverwa mukati mekukura kwekukura, chibage ichi chine chepfu chakapedzwa sechikafu nevagari veIraq munzvimbo dzekumaruwa. Vanhu vakatambura ne paresthesia (kupera kweganda), ataxia (kushomeka kwekubatana kwemafambiro emhasuru) uye kurasikirwa kwekuona, zviratidzo zvakafanana nezvakaonekwa apo Minamata chirwere chakakanganisa Japan. Chiverengero chakanyorwa chevanhu 459, asi zvakapetwa kagumi zvakaratidzwa.
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