Minamata disease is due to pollution of

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Minamata disease is due to pollution of A. organic water into drinking water B. oil spill in ... into fishing water D. arsenic into the atmosphere.

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Last Answer : Minamata disease caused due to water pollution is due to A. Lead poisoning B. Arsenic chloride poisoning C. Mercury poisoning D. Ammonia pollution

Description : Minamata disease is caused by pollution of water by - (1) lead (2) tin (3) methy isocyanate (4) mercury

Last Answer : (4) mercury Explanation: Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. The disease was first discovered in Minamata City in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan in 1956. It ... pollution) from the Chisso Corpora-tion's chemical factory, which continued from 1932 to 1968.

Description : Cadmium pollution is associated with (1) Minamata disease (2) Black foot disease (3) Dyslexia (4) Itai-itai

Last Answer : (4) Itai-itai Explanation: Itai-itai disease was the documented case of mass cadmium poisoning in Toyama Prefecture, Japan, starting around 1912. The cadmium poisoning caused softening of the bones and kidney failure. The disease is named for the severe pains caused in the joints and spine.

Description : Minamata disease is caused by pollution of water by : (1) lead (2) tin (3) methy isocyanate (4) mercury

Last Answer : mercury

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Last Answer :  Itai-itai

Description : ‘Minamata disaster’ in Japan was caused by pollution due to (A) Lead (B) Mercury (C) Cadmium (D) Zinc

Last Answer : Answer: B

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Last Answer : Minamata disease was caused due to the consumption of A. Sea food containing a lot of cadmium ... of pesticide D. Sea food contaminated with selenium

Description : Minamata disease is due to

Last Answer : Minamata disease is due to A. Oil spill in water B. Arsenic in the atmosphere C. Industrial ... mercury in water D. Organic waste in drinking water

Description : Minamata disease was caused due to – (1) Lead (2) Cyanide (3) Mercury (4) Methyl isocyanate

Last Answer : (3) Mercury Explanation: Mimamata disease in Japan was caused due to mercury.

Description : Minamata disease occurred in Minamata bay of Japan due to which element in water?

Last Answer : Mercury

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Last Answer : (D) Mercury as a pollutant can enter the blood stream & the digestive system/ lungs and is responsible for causing Minamata disease

Description : Minamata disease is due to pollutant a) Lead b) Mercury c) Hydrogen Sulphide d) Sulphur dioxide

Last Answer : b) Mercury

Description : Minamata disease was caused due to (1) Lead (2) Cyanide (3) Mercury (4) Methyl isocyanate

Last Answer : Mercury

Description : Minamata disease first occurred in

Last Answer : Minamata disease first occurred in A. Japan B. China C. Korea D. Russia

Description : Mercury poisoning in man causes the disease – (1) Black lung (2) Arsenicosis (3) Minamata (4) Tai-Etai

Last Answer : (3) Minamata Explanation: Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. It was first discovered in Minamata city in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan, in 1956

Description : Minamata disease was caused by: (1) Mercury (2) Lead (3) Cadmium (4) Zinc

Last Answer : (1) Mercury Explanation: Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, narrowing of the ... speech. It was first discovered in Minamata city in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan, in 1956.

Description : Minamata disease is a nervous disorder caused by eating fish, polluted with (1) Iron (2) Lead (3) Mercury (4) Nickel

Last Answer : (3) Mercury Explanation: Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning Symptoms include ataxia numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weaknes narrowing of the field of vision and damage to hearing and speech.

Description : Which metal is causing for Minamata disease - a) Iron b) Mercury c) Gold d) Silver

Last Answer : b) Mercury

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Last Answer : Minamata

Description : Minamata disease was caused by : (1) Mercury (2) Lead (3) Cadmium (4) Zinc

Last Answer : Mercury

Description : Which chemical causes Minamata dis- ease?

Last Answer : Mercury

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Last Answer : ANSWER: METHYLMERCURY 

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Last Answer : Disease aggraveted by pollution is A. Scurvy B. Rheumatism C. Haemophillia D. Bronchitis.

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Last Answer : a) Cigarette smoking Pipe, cigar and other types of tobacco smoking are also risk factors.

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Last Answer : Annual number of deaths in Delhi believed to be due to air pollution is A. 1000 B. 5000 C. 1500,000 D. 15000

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Last Answer : Water pollution is due to A. Sulphur dioxide B. Carbon dioxide C. oxygen D. Industrial discharges.

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Last Answer : (3) Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide Explanation: The greenhouse effect is a process by which thermal radiation from a planetary surface is absorbed by atmospheric ... fuels and clearing of forests, have intensified the natural greenhouse effect, causing global warming.

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