[Discussion About "Chronic Feature of Minamata Disease" Based on Dr. Takaoka's Response].

Abstract

We received Dr. Takaoka's responses. The nine major points described in these responses were reviewed from the basic perspectives of epidemiology, toxicology and neuroscience. The responses indicate important failures in our views: exposure and health hazards are misconsidered from the toxicological perspective, mass biases in epidemiological surveys, and ignorance from the pathological viewpoint. We are looking forward to scientific discussion.