From 1974 to 1990 Kumamoto Prefecture sealed about 1.5 million cubic metres of Minamata Bay sediment above 25 ppm mercury under a 58-hectare landfill that cost 48 billion yen - Space Daily
Source:Space Daily
Japan’s most infamous mercury disaster left behind a permanent landfill—and an uneasy question about what happens when the cap eventually fails.
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