Question

Minamata disease is because of pollution of:

• A. organic waste going into drinking water
• B. oil spill in water
• C. industrial waste containing mercury into fishing water
• D. arsenic going into the atmosphere

Answer 1

The correct option is C industrial waste containing mercury into fishing water

Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Minamata disease was first discovered in Minamata city in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan, in 1956. It was caused by the release of methylmercury in the industrial wastewater from the Chisso Corporation's chemical factory, which continued from 1932 to 1968. This highly toxic chemical bio accumulated in shellfish and fish in Minamata Bay and the Shiranui Sea, which, when eaten by the local populace, resulted in mercury poisoning.