35. The significance of the OP is a contaminated food chain.
The coastal regions are depended on heavily for food. Not just fish, but many different varieties of seaweed are harvested from everywhere. This ongoing deposition is a real problem that has their antenna quivering because of their experience with a sickness brought on by mercury from a mining operation. The mercury was washed into Minamata bay (thus the name Minamata byo) where it entered the marine food chain with horrible consequences. The episode make the Japanese particularly concerned with food safety and water pollution.
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