Masazumi Harada
Masazumi Harada was a Japanese doctor and medical researcher. His most famous work covered the effects of Minamata disease, a type of severe mercury poisoning that occurred in the city of Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture during the 1950s and 1960s. His publications included Minamata disease and Minamata Ga Utsusu Sekai. He died June 11, 2012 of acute myelocytic leukemia at his home in Kumamoto.Timeline
