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Mercury poisoning in the 1960s that spurred Japan's environmental movement is linked to which place?

AHiroshima
BNagasaki
CYokohama
DMinamata
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Minamata
1. Cadmium poisoning was an earlier warning. 2. Minamata suffered mercury poisoning. 3. Japan later passed strict environmental laws. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 11, Paths to Modernisation._
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