Environmental & Analytical Toxicology

Essumang D

Publications

• Research Article
  Multielemental Analysis of Gold Ore Samples from Underground Artisanal Gold Mines in Tongo, Upper East Region of Ghana: Implications of Occupational Exposure
  Author(s): Doyi I, Essumang D, Nyarku M, Ackah M, Ameho E and Owusu-Bentil NDoyi I, Essumang D, Nyarku M, Ackah M, Ameho E and Owusu-Bentil N
  
  Background: The presence of gold deposits discovered in rural areas in Ghana has attracted a lot of unemployed youth and smallscale mining ventures to the rural communities. The activities of illegal small-scale gold mining (locally referred to as “galamsey”) in the community is causing serious environmental havoc and destruction. The results of heavy element profiling of gold ores associated with the underground artisanal gold mining activities of the Tongo mines in the Upper East Region of Ghana have been reported in this paper. The analysis was made to assess the occupational exposure of the miners as well as to investigate the environmental impact of toxic heavy metals. Results: Gold ores from seven artisanal gold mines were sampled and analysed for heavy elemental content using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy technique. The ranges of major elements detected were: Pb (1.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0525.1000350

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