Question
Biology Question on Environmental Issues
Minimata disease was caused due to consumption of
A
Sea food containing lot of cadmium
B
Fish contaminated with mercury
C
Oysters with lot of pesticide
D
Sea food contaminted with selenium
Answer
Fish contaminated with mercury
Explanation
Solution
Mercury was responsible for the Minimata epidemic that caused several deaths in Japan. This tragedy had occurred due to consumption of heavily mercury contaminated fish (27 to 102ppm ) by the villagers. The source of mercury to the bay was a chloride producing plant using HgCl2 as a catalyst.