The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSG) is worried that unbridled illegal mining activities could have devastating consequences on the manufacturing of drugs in the country.
According to the President of the Society, Samuel Kow Donkoh, the contamination of water sources through galamsey could lead to the importation of water to support the production of pharmaceuticals. "The activities of illegal Mining have devastated our water bodies.
Making it expensive for pharmaceutical companies to treat water for production purposes" "If this environmental degradation continues, we may soon import water to support our local manufacturing industry".
He says the production of essential pharmaceutical products depends on access to good-quality water.