The poisoning of soils, rivers and the contamination of underground water reservoirs with cyanide and mercury, poses a long-term risk to public health.
For that reason, the inter-ministerial task force formed to halt the activities of illegal gold miners, ought to consider how the soil-decontaminating properties of biochar and vertiver grass could be harnessed to repair some of the widespread environmental degradation caused by illegal gold miners.
Repairing the harm caused by illegal gold mining could actually provide employment for the youth in rural Ghana.
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