Chapter 6 Environmental Pollution Control Measures
www.jica.go.jp › topical › healthand the development of pollution control measures. 1-3 Trends in Environmental Pollution Control Measures 1-3-1 Beginning of Environmental Pollution (1600s~1945) The first known instance of pollution damage in Japan involved emissions of wastewater containing heavy metals by mining operations back in the 1600’s, before the Edo Era. Affected ...