Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in Ghana
Mining has played an important role in the development of Ghana. Like all industries, mining has both benefits and risks for the people living in communities where minerals are found. How these environmental and health impacts are managed by the government, nearby communities and mining companies ca...
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| author | Aboka Yaw Emmanuel Cobbina Samuel Jerry Doke Adzo Dzigbodi |
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| description | Mining has played an important role in the development of Ghana. Like all industries, mining has both benefits and risks for the people living in communities where minerals are found. How these environmental and health impacts are managed by the government, nearby communities and mining companies can either worsen or improve the lives of community inhabitants. The current analysis focuses on the environmental and health impacts of mining in Ghana and blends extant data from the literature as well as the co-authors' recent findings on the causes, status, trends, and consequences of mining in Ghana. The work reviews data on environmental and health impacts of mining such as pollution of water bodies, degradation of forest resources, depletion of soil nutrients, destruction of wildlife habitat, and reduction in quality and threats to human health.
Competing Interests. The authors declare no competing financial interests |
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| spelling | doaj.art-761c9657a8f846fd89844805e42976e52022-12-22T02:08:25ZengPure EarthJournal of Health and Pollution2156-96142156-96142018-01-01817435210.5696/2156-9614-8.17.432156-9614-8-17-43Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in GhanaAboka Yaw Emmanuel0Cobbina Samuel Jerry1Doke Adzo Dzigbodi2Department of Ecotourism and Environmental Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, University for Development Studies, Nyankpala-Tamale, GhanaDepartment of Ecotourism and Environmental Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, University for Development Studies, Nyankpala-Tamale, GhanaDepartment of Ecotourism and Environmental Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, University for Development Studies, Nyankpala-Tamale, GhanaMining has played an important role in the development of Ghana. Like all industries, mining has both benefits and risks for the people living in communities where minerals are found. How these environmental and health impacts are managed by the government, nearby communities and mining companies can either worsen or improve the lives of community inhabitants. The current analysis focuses on the environmental and health impacts of mining in Ghana and blends extant data from the literature as well as the co-authors' recent findings on the causes, status, trends, and consequences of mining in Ghana. The work reviews data on environmental and health impacts of mining such as pollution of water bodies, degradation of forest resources, depletion of soil nutrients, destruction of wildlife habitat, and reduction in quality and threats to human health. Competing Interests. The authors declare no competing financial interestsGhanaminingcommunityhealthenvironment |
| spellingShingle | Aboka Yaw Emmanuel Cobbina Samuel Jerry Doke Adzo Dzigbodi Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in Ghana Journal of Health and Pollution Ghana mining community health environment |
| title | Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in Ghana |
| title_full | Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in Ghana |
| title_short | Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in Ghana |
| title_sort | review of environmental and health impacts of mining in ghana |
| topic | Ghana mining community health environment |
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