Answer:
In Minamata,Japan, people contracted mercury poisoning by consuming fish and shellfish contaminated.
Explanation:
Minamata is a city located in Japan that is<u> used as a fishing port.</u> During 1965, what was known as<em> "Minamata Disease"</em> was developed which affected the fishermen of the city and their families.
It turns out that there were chemical factories that discharged wastes that contained an organo-mercury compound in the waters where the fishermen fished their fish. What caused the fish and shellfish to become contaminated, and when consumed by people caused them a mercury poisoning.
Suffering from mercury poisoning can cause <u>Intellectual disability , paralysis, birth defects, blindness and even death.
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This was the first disease listed as industrial pollution of seawater and managed to awaken movements for the protection of the environment.
In 1997 it was found that <u>there was no longer any mercury in the waters of Minamata.
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Therefore, the correct option is option B.