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EPISODE · Jun 3, 2026 · 3 MIN

The Bay That Poisoned Its Own Fish

from Dark History · host Troy Sanders

This episode tells the dark history of Minamata disease in Japan, where industrial wastewater contaminated fish and shellfish with methylmercury. First identified in 1956, the disease devastated fishing families who had trusted the sea that fed them. In under three minutes, the episode asks what happens when pollution enters the food chain, and a community discovers that dinner has become evidence.

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