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JIPMER 2011
Exam
JIPMER
Year
2011
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Environmental Issues

JIPMER 2011 · Botany · Environmental Issues

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

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

Options

  1. Acadmium
  2. Blead
  3. Carsenic
  4. Dmercury

Correct answer

D. mercury

Step-by-step 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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