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Posted October 16, 2025GALAMSEY AND ABNORMAL BABIES
In Ghana’s gold-rich lands, the quest for quick fortune has unleashed a slow-moving catastrophe. Mercury, used by galamsey miners to extract gold, now flows through rivers and into the wombs of mothers. What began as a search for wealth has become a cycle of poison — claiming the next generation before they even take their first breath.
“Mercury Babies: The Hidden Cost of Galamsey”
Birth Deformities
Fertility Issues
Kidney Failure
Mercury: The Invisible Killer
Fish and Sea foods
Cassava
Yam
Meat
Poultry
Drinking Water
What Must Be Done
Ghana’s fight against galamsey is not just an environmental campaign — it’s a fight for our future children.
• Health screening in mining zones must become routine — especially for pregnant women.
• Alternative livelihoods must be created, because hunger fuels illegal mining.
• Public education is urgent — people must know that mercury is not just a mining chemical, but a life destroyer.
Conclusion
We can build an excellent reporting system that citizens can use to report galamsey activities