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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Miners drink ‘akpeteshie,’ eat hot pepper over mercury poison – EPA director

 

Reduction or possible elimination of mercury (Hg) from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is one of the main goals of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, which Ghana is a signatory.


Mercury pollution in Ghana is said to be reaching alarming level in water and food chain increasing risk of cancer, liver and kidney diseases
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