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Minamata disease is due to pollution of

Options

  1. AOrganic waste into drinking water
  2. BOil spill in water
  3. CIndustrial waste mercury into fishing water
  4. DArsenic into the atmosphere

Correct answer

C. Industrial waste mercury into fishing water

Step-by-step solution

Mercury poisoning often produces a crippling and fatal disease called Minamata disease.

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