Any Water Poisoning Cases?
CASE A: There was a case in Kumamoto County, Japan, where the residents suffered from a weird disease. Symptoms include the inability to articulate clearly, unsteady movement, facial dementia, which later developed to deafness, blindness, general numbness, and nervous break down… … it was later discovered that there was a factory in the vicinity that discharged waste water of “methyl mercury” and polluted the farmland and environment. Any form of mercury may be converted into virulent “methyl mercury (CH3Hg+)”. The methyl mercury is excreted slowly in the human body and is a cumulative toxicant. It mainly encroaches upon cerebrum and cerebellum cortex, easily causes a person to suffer from nervous disorder disease. CASE B: Chrome, a chemical element, may cause lung cancer. Cadmium has been discovered in some household drinking water where zinc-coated water-pipe is used. Similar to lead, once cadmium accumulates in the body, it would result in serious stomach ache, abdominal pain, l