Minamata and itai-itai are respectively caused by pollution of

Mercury and lead

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Mercury and cadmium

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Lead and tin

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Lead and strontium

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Solution

The correct option is B Mercury and cadmium
Minamata disease is methyl mercury (MeHg) poisoning that occurred in humans who ingested fish and shellfish contaminated by MeHg discharged in wastewater from a chemical plant in Minamata, Japan. Itai-itai disease resulted from the occurrence of mass cadmium poisoning in the world. It occurred in 1950 in Toyama Prefecture in Japan.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

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(a)	Photochemical smog	(i)	Itai-itai disease
(b)	Arsenic pollution	(ii)	Parkinson's disease
(c)	Manganese pollution	(iii)	Black foot disease
(d)	Cadmium pollution	(iv)	Burning of petrol and diesel with oxide of nitrogen