Cadmium pollution may cause

Minamata disease

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Skeletal fluorosis

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Black foot disease

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Itai-itai disease

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The correct option is D Itai-itai disease
Cadmium pollution may cause anaemia, hypertension, testicular atrophy, damage to liver and kidneys, cancer of liver and lungs, diarrhoea and painful skeletal deformities called itai-itai ( ouch-ouch first reported in 1947 in Japan).

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