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Water Pollution and its Control

Question

Minamata diseases is caused due to the consumption of

Easy

A

sea food containing lot of cadmium
B

fish contaminated with mercury
C

oysters with lot of pesticide
D

sea food contaminated with selenium

Solution

Minamata disease is mercury poisoning with neurological symptoms and caused by the daily consumption of large quantities of fish and shellfish that were heavily contaminated with the toxic chemical generated in chemical factories and then discharged into the sea. Signs and symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, loss of peripheral vision, and damage to hearing and speech.

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