JEE Main Chemistry question

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Minamata disease is due to pollution of

(A)Organic waste into drinking water
(B)Oil spill in water
(C)Industrial waste mercury into fishing waterCorrect
(D)Arsenic into the atmosphere

Answer: (C)

Solution

Minamata disease, first identified in Minamata Bay, Japan, resulted from industrial effluent containing methylmercury being discharged into the sea and bioaccumulating in fish

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Question ID VK-141956