Medical tests started in the 1940s and 1950s, searching for the cause of the disease. Initially, it was expected to be lead poisoning due to the lead mining upstream. Only in 1955 did Dr. Ogino and his colleagues suspect cadmium as the cause of the disease. Ogino coined the term itai-itai disease.
Salix babylonica, commonly called weeping willow or Babylon weeping willow, is a medium to large deciduous tree with a stout trunk topped by a graceful broad-rounded crown of branches that sweep downward to the ground.It grows to 30-50â (sometimes to 60â) tall and as wide.It is native to China.alix babylonica, commonly called weeping willow or Babylon weeping willow, is a medium to large deciduous tree with a stout trunk topped by a graceful broad-rounded crown of branches that sweep downward to the ground. It grows to 30-50â (sometimes to 60â) tall and as wide. It is native to China.
Ten Questions: Weeping Willow Tree. One of the women that I admire most had a huge weeping willow tree at the entrance of the drive to her farmhouse. Sadly she is no longer with us but her magnificent tree still stands. Every time I drive by her place I see that beautiful tree and think fondly of her.en Questions: Weeping Willow Tree. One of the women that I admire most had a huge weeping willow tree at the entrance of the drive to her farmhouse. Sadly she is no longer with us but her magnificent tree still stands. Every time I drive by her place I see that beautiful tree and think fondly of her.