3) Environmental restoration

5.SUMMARY

Already, 20 years have past since the Special Measures Law concerning. Countermeasures against Mining Pollution was enforced and countermeasures were introduced in 1973. What was once a polluted environment has been restored to its natural state, Nevertheless, some problems still exist such as restoration of farm land. Environmental restoration costs time and money.
The itai-itai disease shows us just how great the burden is when the environment is destroyed.