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Minamata Disease is caused by eating fish contaminated by what pollutant?
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What is running trots disease may be caused by drinking from a river?
Running trots disease' is a nickname given in some parts of the country to diarrhea. It can be caused by drinking contaminated water from a river as well as from food poisoning and other conditions.
What are the diseases caused by human feces?
Typhoid Fever. Coming from drinking water contaminated by Human Feces.
What are adenovirus Infections caused by in general?
inhaling airborne viruses getting the virus in the eyes by swimming in contaminated water, using contaminated eye solutions or instruments, wiping the eyes with contaminated towels
What is caused by the spread of harmful microorganisms?
Almost each micro-organism which is pathogen can cause disease. but there is some microorganism which are beneficial for us.
Can a stomach bug be caused by microorganisms?
Yes. Stomach bugs are caused by a bacterial or viral infection often resulting from ingesting contaminated food or drink.
Who caused the Minamata disease in Ontario?
Allah
Bacterial disease transmitted by drinking contaminated drinking water?
yes if the food or water is infected or has a diseas you can get a disease or gat infected
Which chemical causes Minamata disease?
Not until the mid-1950's (in Japan) did people begin to notice a "strange disease". Victims were diagnosed as having a degeneration of their nervous systems. Numbness occurred in their limbs and lips. Theirspeech became slurred, and their vision constricted. Some people had serious brain damage, while others lapsed into unconsciousness or suffered from involuntary movements. Furthermore, some victims were thought to be crazy when they began to uncontrollably shout.People thought the cats were going insane when they witnessed "suicides" by the cats. Finally, birds were strangely dropping from the sky. in July 1959, researchers from Kumamoto Universityconcluded that organic mercury (in fish) was the cause of the "Minamata Disease".
What is cholera how does it spread?
Cholera is a dreadful disease caused by unsanitary conditions found along rivers which pioneers stopped to camp at. It is caused by contaminated water. They do human waste on the rivers and they drank the water. They threw animal carcasses on the river which they drank. They threw food on the rivers which caused the water in river to turn into an contaminated water which they drank caused cholera. Sadly, the emigrants did not realize that they will get cholera from the contaminated water.
What is running trots disease may be caused by drinking from a river?
Running trots disease' is a nickname given in some parts of the country to diarrhea. It can be caused by drinking contaminated water from a river as well as from food poisoning and other conditions.
What pollutant is caused by lightning?
nitrogen(4) oxide
What effect does the BP oil spill have on the environment?
it caused an allergic disease that can spread the oceasns amimals r dying and it just contaminated water
What causes giardiasis?
There are about three different causes for giardiasis they are: .Contaminated water supplies: Sources of contaminated water supplies include public facilities that do not filter their water properly, or water that is used in lakes or rivers by hikers can sometimes become contaminated. This can cause infection .Contaminated food: Food that has been washed in contaminated water, exposed to manure or, prepared by an infected person can spread the disease .Person-to-person-contant: Could be caused by bad hygiene and most commonly occurs in daycare centres and nursing homes (hope this helps! :D)
Are yellow fever and typhoid the same disease?
No. Typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella bacteria in contaminated food and water, whereas yellow fever is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes.
What happened in minamata?
Minamata, Japan was the site of one of the worst mercury pollution disasters in history. The Chisso Corporation's chemical factory dumped their methylmercury wastewater into the Minamata Bay. The mercury, through the process of bioaccumulation, ended up in the top fish species, which the Minamata population ate for food. This resulted in thousands suffering from acute mercury poisoning. While many went through neurological breakdown, for years, neither the government nor the company did anything about it. Reparations and cleanup are still an ongoing process, several decades later.
What disease is caused by an ameba?
amebic dysentery. A person becomes infected by drinking contaminated water.
What is the name of pollutant that caused ozone depletion?
green house gas's
