Minamata disease was caused due to the consumption of

Options

A. sea food containing lot of cadmium
B. fish contaminated with mercury
C. sea food contaminated with selenium.
D. None of these

Answer

B

Explanation

Minamata (minimata) disease first reported in 1952 due to eating of fish captured from Hg-contaminated Minamata Bay of Japan. It is charcterised by diarrhoea, hemolysis, impairment of various senses, numbness of lips, hemolysis, impairment of various senses, numbness of lips, tongue, limbs, deafness, blurring of vision, mental dearrangement, meningitis and death.