Corporate Tradition:
> .. at the end of 1959, #Chisso’s president publicly drank a glass of water from the Cyclator, without announcing that the wastewater from the acetaldehyde plant, which contained mercury, was not being run through the #Cyclator. An eerily similar performance took place on March 24, 2011 when Tokyo’s Governor #IshiharaShintarō drank a glass of tap water on national television..
https://apjjf.org/2012/10/11/Timothy-S.-George/3715/article.html
#TimGeorge #Minamata #FukushimaDaiIchi #KishidaFumio #SafetyPerformance

#Aravinda's article about dams and illiteracy brings together #PaulFarmer on a #dam in #Haiti, and abuse of #MinamataDisease patients by #IshiharaShintaro. I read the article years ago (on Zcomm Znet) and it kept coming to mind even during those years when I couldn't find it again.
https://signalsinthefog.wordpress.com/2000/11/11/peoples-knowledge-in-the-paperless-society/