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Yusho Disease
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Yusho Disease
A mass poisoning which occurred in northern Kyushu, Japan, in 1968, caused by rice bran oil produced by Kanemi Company in Kyushu, which was contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs)


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Yusho Poisoning In 1968, more than one thousand people in western Japan became seriously ill.
 
 
 
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