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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 (2727 to 102ppm102\, ppm ) by the villagers. The source of mercury to the bay was a chloride producing plant using HgCl2HgCl _{2} as a catalyst.