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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 …

A young man captured in a video at a galamsey site in the Western Region has boasted about how medicinal the use of mercury can be for a person. In the video captured by one of Ghana’s foremost drone pilots and documentary producers, Edem Srem, the young man, popularly known …