JIPMER Jipmer Medical Solved Paper-2011

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    Minamata disease is caused due to presence of ............ in water.

    A)  cadmium           

    B)         lead

    C)  arsenic                

    D)         mercury

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    In water mercury gets changed into water soluble dimethyl form and enters the food chain accompanied by biological amplification. It develops a crippling deformity called Minamata disease.


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