Question
Biology Question on Environmental Issues
A disease caused by eating fish contaminated by industrial waste, containing mercury compounds, is called
A
osteosclerosis
B
Hashimoto's oxidase
C
Bright's disease
D
minimata disease.
Answer
minimata disease.
Explanation
Solution
Mercury is changed to water soluble dimethyl mercury which undergoes biomagnification. Eating poisoned animals causes deformity known as Minamata disease (first reported in 1952 due to eating of fish captured from Hg-contaminated Minimata Bay of Japan) which is characterised by diarrhoea, hemolysis, impairment of various senses, numbness of lips, tounge, limbs, deafness, blurring of vision, mental dearrangement, meningitis and death.