A) sea food containing lot of cadmium
B) fish contaminated with mercury
C) oysters with lot of pesticide
D) sea food contaminated with selenium
Correct Answer: B
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 102 ppm) by the villagers. The source of mercury to the bay was a chloride producing plant using HgCl2 as a catalyst.
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