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Confessions of a Dangerous Mine
Illegal gold mining in Ghana shafts locals' health and the environment |
Josh Harkinson |
24 Jun 2003 |
Main Dish |
| At I Trust My Legs, an illegal mining camp along a gray stream in the West African nation of Ghana, trespassers have bored vertical shafts deep into the ground. On a recent morning, Maxwell Adzoka strapped a lamp to his head, pressed his bare back and shoeless feet against the slick clay walls of one of these shafts, and climbed down, his yellow bulb disappearing i ... |
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| Topics: Ghana, health, mining and drilling, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mine
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24 Jun 2003 |
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| Topics: Ghana, health, mining and drilling, pollution and waste, toxics, water pollution (all these topics) |
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