KUMAMOTO, Japan - A memorial service for victims of Minamata disease caused by severe mercury poisoning was held in the southwestern city of the same name on Friday, marking the 70th anniversary of the official recognition of sufferers in one of Japan's worst industrial pollution disasters.
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