A disease caused by eating fish contaminated by industrial waste, containing mercury compounds, is called
(a) osteosclerosis
(b) Hashimoto’s oxidase
(c) Bright’s disease
(d) minimata disease.
Answer: Choice d, Minimata disease
Explanation: Heavy-metal poisoning such as mercury poisoning is highly lethal and detrimental for human health. Mercury is a toxic metal which is not digested in the body. It causes serious illness with deformities in the new-borns and adults as well. The disease is called minimata disease which directly infects and thus severly affects the central nervous system causing deterioration of the nerve impulse transmission thus rendering inability in movement of the muscles and performing general functions of the body.
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