Ghana: Illegal gold mining threatens water supplies

Ghana: Illegal gold mining threatens water supplies

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“Al Jazeera English”

In Ghana, thousands of illegal gold mines are threatening farmland, destroying the landscape and poisoning water supplies, leaving some communities struggling to find drinking water.
The mining has reached such proportions that treatment plants are being shut down, and there are warnings the…

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