Question

Disease caused by water contaminated by mercury and nitrate

Answer 1

Minamata disease, sometimes referred to as Chisso-Minamatadisease, is a neurological syndrome causedby severe mercury poisoning. A sort of "blue baby syndrome" can be caused by methemoglobinemia.

Answer 2

Waterborne diseases are caused by drinking water or eating food washed in water containing protozoa that can cause infections like toxoplasmosis or giardiasis, containing viruses like polio or Hepatitis A, water with bacteria like E.coli, cholera or typhoid fever or water with parasites like hookworm and ringworm