EPA cautions against mercury use in mining …as it causes brain damage, still birth, stunted growth

 The use of mercury in mining communities causes permanent brain damage, seizures, vision and hearing impair­ments, still birth, deformity among babies and delayed childhood development, the Executive Direc­tor of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mr John Kingsley Krugu, has cautioned.

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