Arsenic Pollution at Obuasi Goldmine, Town, And Surrounding Countryside

By Amasa, S. K.

Book Id: WPLBN0000204478
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Arsenic Pollution at Obuasi Goldmine, Town, And Surrounding Countryside
Author:	Amasa, S. K.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, United Nations., United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Disarmament Documents
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Publisher:	United Nations- Office for Disarmament Affairs (Unoda)


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Government Reference Publication

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Introduction: As a result of the roasting operation in goldmining at the Obuasi Goldmine huge volumes of poisonous smoke of arsenous oxide and sulfur oxides incessantly pour out of the giant 186-ft. mine chimney onto the surrounding countryside and render it brown and barren. This defoliation is not confined to the immediate periphery of the mine but extends about 5 miles to the north and about 2 miles to the northeast of the chimney. Some of the palm trees within about half a mile of the chimney look as if they have been burnt by fire.