Preventative Measures Against Water Pollution
Jinzu River, Toyama Prefecture

1. JlNZU RIVER AND KAMIOKA MINES
	1) Jinzu River
	2) History of Kamioka Mines
	3) Pollution from the Kamioka Mines
2. ITAI-ITAI DISEASE
	1) Discover of the itai-itai disease
	2) Mechanism behind the outbreak
	3) Itai-itai disease in court
3. RELIEF FOR VICTIMS
	1) Medical care relief
	2) Compensation for agricultural damage
4, COUNTERMEASURES AT POLLUTION-GENERATING SOURCE
	1) System of countermeasures at the pollution-generating source
	2) Countermeasures against pollution from waste water
	3) Countermeasures against exhaust gas
	4) Countermeasures against abandoned shafts and waste heaps
	5) Water purification in the Jinzu River water system
5. SUMMARY
	1) Result of countermeasures at the pollution-generating source
	2) Economic and recovery costs
	3) Environmental restoration

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