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Minamata disease is caused due to presence of ______ in water.


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Minamata disease:

  1. Minamata illness is a kind of methylmercury poisoning that causes neurological symptoms.
  2. It is caused by eating large quantities of fish and shellfish that have been heavily polluted with the fatal chemical created in chemical plants and then dumped into the sea on a regular basis.
  3. The illness's signs and symptoms of Ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, total muscular weakening, and the disease's significant adverse event are all causes of death.

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