Chemical pollution

Manso Adubia Streams Left With Chemicals and No Fish After ‘galamsey’

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The Manso Adubia constituency in the Ashanti Region has seen the illegal mining activities over the past few years leave the area in the alarming position of having no natural water body fit for human use. The Member of Parliament for Manso Adubia, Yaw Frimpong Addo, had ominous words for the rest of the country … Read more

In War-Scarred Gaza, Water Pollution Behind Health Woes

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More and more Gazans are falling ill from their drinking water, highlighting the humanitarian issues facing the Palestinian enclave that the UN says could become uninhabitable by 2020. The situation has already reached crisis point in the war-scarred, underdeveloped and blockaded territory, says Monther Shoblak, general manager of the strip’s water utility. “More than 97 … Read more