Write one one line about the following diseases
1. Stone leprosy
2. Blue baby disease
3. Hypertension and Uremia
4. Arsenic
5. Cadmium
Answers
1. Stone leprosy:- It is caused due to acid rain because due to acid rain outer surface of metals, marbles, and stone destroyed.
2. Blue Baby disease:- This disease is caused by the high amount of nitrate in water. It is also known as Methaemoglobinaemia and is also known as Cyanosis.
3. Hypertension and Uremia:- It is a disease which Caused by Copper.
4. Arsenic:- It causes black-toot disease and poisoning in fodder plants which are eaten by live stock and causes their death.
5. Cadmium:- It causes anaemia, hypertension, damage to liver and kicrneys. In Japan it caused bone softening or skeleton deformity called Itai-Itai disease or Ouch-Ouch.
Explanation:
1. the acid rain which causes damage to rock and marble is called a stone leprosy .
2. Blue baby syndrome can refer to a number of conditions that affect oxygen transportation in the blood resulting in blueness of the skin .
3. hypertension is a frequent and early component in the uremic syndrome .
4. arsenic is naturally present at high levels in the groundwater of number of countries .
5. cadmium is a chemical element with symbol CD and atomic number 48