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Select the correctly matched pairs of pollutant and disease.

  1. ACadmium: itai-itai disease
  2. BLead: blue baby syndrome
  3. CFluoride: Minamata disease
  4. DMethylmercury: Minamata disease

Answer: A, D

Cadmium causes itai-itai disease and methylmercury causes Minamata disease. Blue baby syndrome is caused by nitrate, not lead, and excess fluoride causes fluorosis, not Minamata disease.
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