Why industrial effluents are more difficult to manage than municipal sewage? Name a disease that is caused by heavy metal contamination.
Industrial effluents released into water contain toxic substances, such as arsenic, cadmium, lead, zinc, copper, mercury, and cyanides, besides some salts, acids, and alkalies. All these materials can prove harmful to health. They may reach the human body. Minamata is a disease caused by heavy metal (Mercury) contaminated water.
