Expert analysis shows that gold mining brings with it arsenic, mercury and sulphur contamination of water bodies, soil and even air. It has been established that mercury vapour inhalation can cause memory and speech loss, numbness, vision problems, convulsion and in some cases death.
Meanwhile, the Centre for Environmental Impact Analysis (CEIA) mentions that many people could have been poisoned through consumption of water sourced from more than 260 rivers and streams in the Obuasi and Tarkwa mining areas because these have been found to be polluted.
A baseline study conducted by CEIA and Wacam in 2008 revealed, among others, that 145 out of the 160 streams/rivers in Obuasi mining area as well as all 117 rivers/streams in the Tarkwa mining area were perceived to be polluted by mining companies and galamsey operators.
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