Which of the following industries discharge mercury as a pollutant ?
Correct answer: A. Chloro-alkali industry
- A. Chloro-alkali industry
- B. Tanneries
- C. Beverage plant
- D. Phosphoric acid plant
Explanation
Mercury-cell chlor-alkali plants can discharge mercury through process effluent and emissions. Tanneries, beverage plants and phosphoric-acid plants are not the characteristic industries associated with mercury pollution here.
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