The news that uncontrolled and improperly managed small-scale mining has destroyed hundreds of hectares of land and polluted water bodies – is disheartening.
For example, rivers, such as the Ankobra, Bia, Birim, Tano and Offin, have been polluted in an alarming way.
What is known as galamsey mining has also polluted some water bodies – rivers and a lagoon – in Cote d’Ivoire.
Ghana’s Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Prof Kwamena Frimpong Boateng, who was in that country, has said that he was confronted there with complaints about galamsey mining in Ghana and river pollution.
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