Minamata disease is due to pollution of:
Correct answer: C. Industrial waste mercury into fishing water
- A. Organic waste into drinking water
- B. Oil spill in water
- C. Industrial waste mercury into fishing water
- D. Arsenic into the atmosphere
Explanation
Since the discovery of the disease, investigation of the cause has been made, and finally in 1968, the government announced its opinion that Minamata Disease was caused by the consumption of fish and shellfish contaminated by methylmercury compound discharged from a chemical plant. It is neurological syndrome.
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