Q24
General ScienceEnvironment & Ecology
Minamata disease is caused by
- a.Lead
- b.Mercury
- c.Cadmium
- d.Arsenic
Answer: (B) Mercury
Minamata disease, first seen in Minamata, Japan, is methylmercury poisoning from eating contaminated fish. Cadmium causes itai-itai disease, arsenic causes arsenicosis (blackfoot disease), and lead causes plumbism.