Ghana’s gold diggers: Scramble comes at high cost....VIDEOS Parts 1 through 4

In this series, we travel to Ghana’s gold belt to meet the galamseys and learn about their struggle with poverty, pollution and stigma. The galamseys don’t know how to safely handle the mercury and other dangerous elements needed to extract and process gold, putting their health at risk, as well as that of those who eat fish from polluted rivers. As the mining industry keeps expanding, its toll on public health and the environment is morphing into a national crisis. 

Part 1  http://www.scidev.net/global/enterprise/multimedia/ghana-gold-diggers-scramble.html

Part 2  http://www.scidev.net/global/environment/multimedia/ghana-gold-diggers-land-rivers-waste.html

Part  3  http://www.scidev.net/global/conflict/multimedia/ghana-gold-diggers-chinese-miners-conflict.html

Part 4  http://www.scidev.net/global/governance/multimedia/ghana-gold-diggers-legalised.html