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Q. Minimata disease first occurred in

VMMC MedicalVMMC Medical 2007

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Minimata disease has occurred due to consumption of heavily mercury contaminated fish by the villagers in Japan first. The source of mercury to the bay was a single chloride producing plant, using $ HgC{{l}_{2}} $ as a catalyst. Initial symptoms of Minimata disease included numbness of the limbs, lips and tongue, impairment of motor control, deafness and blurring of vision.