Ghana Mining Communities Facing Serious Health Challenges
The report of a research conducted by the Center for Environmental Impact Analysis (CEIA) in mining communities, to ascertain with empirical evidence the health impacts of environmental pollution caused by mining activities in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality and Prestea Huni Valley District, in the Western Region of Ghana, will be outdoored in Accra.
Bauxite Mining Truck in Ghana.
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Ghana:
Mining Communities Facing Serious Health Challenges
Ghanaian Chronicle, 25 October 2011
The report of a research conducted by the Center for Environmental Impact Analysis (CEIA) in mining communities, to ascertain with empirical evidence the health impacts of… Read more »
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Ghana:
Cancer Strikes Prestea, Tarkwa
Public Agenda, 24 October 2011
Up to eight adults out of every 100 inhabitants in the Prestea Huni Valley District (PHVD) and the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality in the Western Region are potential cancer patients,… Read more »
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Ghana:
Cancer Scare in Western Region Is a Wake Up Call
Public Agenda, 24 October 2011
Our front page story-CANCER STRIKES PRESTEA, TARKWA-reveals the startling contents of a research conducted in the mining communities of Prestea, Tarkwa and the Cape Coast… Read more »
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Ghana:
Don't Kill Us Slowly-Mining Communities
Ghanaian Chronicle, 19 October 2011
Residents of mining communities in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality and Prestea Huni Valley District say they are suffocating in highly polluted environments, as a result of the… Read more »