2017 · Q66
Which of the following diseases are caused by the consumption of water contaminated by mercury and nitrate?
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- AMinamata disease and Osteoporosis
- BOsteoporosis and Blue Baby Syndrome
- CMinamata disease and Blue Baby Syndrome
- DOsteoporosis and Minamata disease
Explanation
Water contaminated with mercury causes Minamata disease, and nitrate contamination causes Blue Baby Syndrome (methaemoglobinaemia). Osteoporosis is not the mercury–nitrate pair – cadmium contamination causes the bone disease itai-itai. Hence (C).