A Research Scientist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Soil Research Institute, Dr.
Albert Kobina Mensah, has disclosed that it will take over 300 years to restore the soil to its' natural state after the aftermath of the galamsey.
During an interview on JoyNews' Newsfile, monitored by MyNewsGh.com, Dr Albert Mensah sated that per research conducted with some plants to restore the soil to its natural state, the calculations show that it will take about 300 years to restore the lands to its natural state. "There are some calculations we've done and we wanted to see how many years it will take to restore the soil back to its natural state.
We used some plants for this research to see how they would remediate the chemicals from the soil.