The impact of the menace of illegal mining, popularly called galamsey, which has been destroying Ghana's water bodies and forest reserves, is now reaching beyond the borders of the country.
The Atlantic Ocean is now being polluted as a result of galamsey activities.
Even though there are no records of galamsey activities taking place on the Atlantic Ocean, it is being polluted by the rivers in Ghana that flow into it at the Gulf of Guinea, the northeasternmost part of the tropical ocean.
This means that fish and other aquatic life in the ocean would be affected by chemicals used by illegal miners to process mineral ore.