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Minamata is a disease caused by?

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Minamata is a disease caused by?
posted May 13, 2016 by Abhay Dubey

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Minamata disease, sometimes referred to as Chisso-Minamata disease, is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, narrowing of the field of vision and damage to hearing and speech.

answer May 23, 2016 by Kapil Kumar
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