MGIMS WARDHA MGIMS WARDHA Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    Minamata disease is pollution related disease- It result from

    A)   oil spills in sea

    B)  DDT pollution

    C)  release of industrial waste containing mercury in fishing water

    D)  accumulation of arsenic

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                     Releasing of industrial wastes containing mercury in fishing water causes Minamata disease. It occurred in Minamata city, Japan in 1953, where more than 100 persons died or suffered serious nervous damage due to eating fish taken from Minamata bay.


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