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

A) Cadmium
B) Lead
C) Arsenic
D) Mercury
Explanation

In water mercury gets changed into water soluble dimethyl from and enters the food chain accompanied by biological amplification. It develops a crippling deformity called Minamata disease.

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