The gold ore is processed using mercury therefore the galamseyers are also very prone to mercury poisoning. But if the accidents were limited to the illegal miners , society would still be concerned though but what makes illegal mining now a number one public- enemy –enterprise is the extent of environmental degradation; sometimes of entire communities.
Because of its nature, governments over the period have been unwilling to license galamseyers thus rendering the activity illegal; in fact unlawfully dangerous. Galamsey presently represents a pressing danger in all mining communities. Actually, it has always been so but the rise in height of the current danger has been due to the ‘Chinese Connection.’
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