Question

Which one is matched correctly?

• A. Arsenic - Black foot disease
• B. Flouride - Itai-itai
• C. Mercury - Skeletal fluorosis
• D. Cadmium - Minamata disease

Answer 1

The correct option is A Arsenic - Black foot disease

• Blackfoot disease or arsenicosis is caused by exposure over a period of time to arsenic in drinking water.
• It may also cause due to the intake of arsenic via food or air.
• It is an endemic peripheral vascular disease confined to the southwestern coast of Taiwan.
  
• Itai-Itai is caused due to Cadmium.
• Minamata disease is caused due to Mercury.
  
• Skeletal fluorosis is caused due to Flouride.

So, the correct answer is option A.