Question : An excessive amount of cadmium in the human body causes:
Option 1: minamata
Option 2: anaemia
Option 3: alzheimer
Option 4: itai-itai
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Correct Answer: itai-itai
Solution : The correct answer is itai-itai .
Excess amounts of cadmium in the human body can damage the person's lungs and cause death; the itai-itai disease is caused by cadmium. The name Itai-itai was given by the Japanese in 1912. Excess amounts of cadmium can cause softening of the bones and kidney failure, which may result in the death of a person.
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