A medical doctor and research immunologist, Dr.

Justice Kofi Boakye-Appiah, has raised serious concerns about the extensive effects of galamsey in the country, myjoyonline.com has reported.

He explained that everyone is affected by the devastating impact of galamsey, pointing out that the lives of people are usually disregarded when such harmful practices are carried out. "It comes down to one simple thing - in Ghana, we do not value lives.

We think everything is just politics and about money.