Given below are two statements: Statement (I): Exposure to mercury can be…
2023
Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): Exposure to mercury can be either through food chain or in the work place.
Statement (II): Poisoning by inorganic mercury (particularly vapours) results in the damage to the central nervous system.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- A.
Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are true.
- B.
Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are false.
- C.
Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false.
- D.
Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true.
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Correct answer: C
Both Statement I and Statement II are true. Mercury exposure occurs through the food chain (bioaccumulation in fish) and workplace settings (industrial processes). Inorganic mercury vapours are neurotoxic, damaging the central nervous system.