1.0Ghanamma.comhttps://www.ghanamma.com/2024Ghana Newshttps://www.ghanamma.com/2024/author/ghanamma/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="AW2NrYLiRT"><a href="https://www.ghanamma.com/2024/10/20/ghana-gold-rush-sparks-environmental-disaster/">Ghana gold rush sparks environmental disaster</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ghanamma.com/2024/10/20/ghana-gold-rush-sparks-environmental-disaster/embed/#?secret=AW2NrYLiRT" width="600" height="338" title="“Ghana gold rush sparks environmental disaster” — Ghanamma.com" data-secret="AW2NrYLiRT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ghanamma.com/2024/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.ghanamma.com/2024/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/67490987.jpg610400Water from a polluted river in Ghana was so thick and discoloured that an artist was able to use it as paint to depict the environmental devastation caused by the illegal gold mining that has spread like wildfire in the resource-rich West African state. Mercury is increasingly being used to extract gold by miners digging […]