Question

What do you mean by Minamata and Itai-Itai disease?

Answer 1

1. Minamata disease, referred to as chisco minimata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning.
2. Effects of Minamata disease include numbness of lips, tongue, deafness, diarrhea, blurring vision.
3. Itai-Itai disease - (it hurts-it hurts disease) is caused due to the poisoning of cadmium metal.
4. Effects of itai itai disease include weak and brittle bones, spine and leg pain, coughing, anemia, and kidney failure are common.