Illegal Mining and mass water pollution in Ghana- A Growing Crisis

 The main pollutants associated with illegal mining are mercury, cyanide, and sediment. Mercury, used in gold extraction, is one of the most toxic elements known to man. When mercury enters water bodies, it transforms into methylmercury, a highly poisonous compound that accumulates in aquatic life and works its way up the food chain, eventually reaching humans.

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