Ending galamsey, restoring dignity: A Ghana plan that Africa can use

 Empirically, contamination is severe: a 2025 EPA–Pure Earth assessment reported mercury in soils around Konongo Zongo averaging 56.4 ppm (peaks 1,342 ppm) and arsenic up to 10,060 ppm, levels associated with increased pediatric kidney disorders in mining districts 

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