Environmental Sociology on Victimizers-Victims Relationships about Problem of Itai-itai Disease and Cadmium poisoning

痛痛病与镉中毒问题受害人与受害人关系的环境社会学

基本信息

批准号：
15530330
负责人：
WATANABE Shinichi
金额：
$ 1.47万
依托单位：
The National University Corporation Nara University of Education
依托单位国家：
日本
项目类别：
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
财政年份：
2003
资助国家：
日本
起止时间：
2003 至 2005
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

Environmental cadmium pollution causes cadmium poisoning. The first cadmium-polluted area ever discovered in the world was the Jinzu River basin in Toyama Prefecture in Japan. In this area, the river was contaminated by slag from a mine and the soil of the rice paddies was polluted with heavy metals through irrigation water.Consequently, prolonged exposure to cadmium due to contaminated water and rice resulted in an excessive accumulation of cadmium in the body tissues, especially in the kidney, in the inhabitants of the basin.The most severe case of cadmium poisoning is Itai-itai disease(osteomalacia), which was officially recognized as a pollution-related disease by the Japanese government in 1968, and a less severe case is Cadmium nephropathy (tubular kidney dysfunction). In other words, the occurrence of Itai-itai disease is only the "tip of the iceberg". The tubular kidney dysfunction is the earliest and most prevalent adverse result of chronic cadmium poisoning. The Japan Public Health Association Cadmium Research Committee, supported by the Environmental Agency, carried out health surveys in cadmium-polluted areas of 8 prefectures during the period of 1976-1984 and reported that many cases of tubular kidney dysfunction were found not only in Toyama but also in Ishikawa, Hyogo and Nagasaki prefectures. However, the Environmental Agency and the research committee have never certified this kidney dysfunction as a pollution-related disease. We considered why this situation has arisen in the case of cadmium poisoning.Another main theme of this study is to describe the history of damages and struggle around cadmium pollution in Ichi River Basin in Hyogo Prefecture and Kakehasi River Basin in Ishikawa Prefecture, based on interviews with patients, families of patients and other agents from the viewpoint of environmental sociology.

环境镉污染会引起镉中毒。世界上第一个镉污染的区域是日本富兰县的金祖河盆地。在这一地区，河流被矿山的炉渣污染，稻田的土壤通过灌溉水被重金属污染。导致由于被污染的水和米饭而长时间暴露于镉引起的镉，导致过度积累了cadmium在肾脏中，尤其是在肾脏中，尤其是在肾脏中，尤其是在肾脏中。疾病（骨瘤）在1968年被日本政府正式公认为与污染相关的疾病，肾病镉肾病（管状肾脏功能障碍）不太严重。换句话说，ITAI-ITAI疾病的发生只是“冰山一角”。管状肾脏功能障碍是慢性镉中毒的最早，最普遍的不良结果。在1976年至1984年期间，在环境局支持的日本公共卫生协会镉研究委员会在镉污染区域进行了8个县的健康调查，并报告说，许多管状肾脏功能障碍的病例不仅在富山，而且在Ishikawa，Hyogo和Nagasaki和Nagasaki Prectures中发现。但是，环境机构和研究委员会从未证明这种肾功能障碍是与污染有关的疾病。我们考虑了为什么在镉中毒的情况下出现这种情况。这项研究的另一个主要主题是根据与其他环境学会的患者和其他环境学家的访谈，描述了Hiogo县Ichi River Basin在Hiogo县Ichi River Basin和Ishikikawa Pasin the Kakehasi River Basin周围的损害和斗争的历史。