Nana Kwadwo Agyenim Boateng, a member of the Council of State who was among the Minister's entourage said scientific studies had shown that, small-scale mining, especially the 'galamsey' exposed mining communities to toxic metals such as mercury, arsenic and cyanide.
These, he said contaminated water bodies and the soil matter for farming and consequently the quality of food stuff produced was affected.
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