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Which of the following conditions in drinking water causes methemoglobinemia ?

  • Option 1)

    > 100ppm of sulphate 

  • Option 2)

    > 50 ppm of chloride 

  • Option 3)

    > 50 ppm of nitrate 

  • Option 4)

    > 50 ppm of lead 

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Harmful effect of water pollution -

 

Pathogens causing diseases likes typhoid, dysentery, diarrhoeal, cholera, etc.

Death of aquatic animals

Imbalance Ecosystem.

- wherein

  Due to depletion of oxygen

 

  

 

Man-made sources of water pollution -

 Due to human activities.

- wherein

Domestic waste, sewage, detergents, industrial wastes, etc.

The concentration of nitrate > 50 ppm in drinking water causes methemoglobinemia.

 


Option 1)

> 100ppm of sulphate 

Option 2)

> 50 ppm of chloride 

Option 3)

> 50 ppm of nitrate 

Option 4)

> 50 ppm of lead 

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