Minamata disease results from poisoning by:

Alead tetraethyl
Bmethylmercury compounds
Ccadmium sulfide
Darsenic trioxide

Answer: B

Inorganic mercury discharged in effluents is converted by bacteria into methylmercury, which accumulates in fish and damages the nervous system of those who eat the fish.

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