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Galamsey is destroying Ghana’s cognitive future – One IQ point at a time
Ghana is exchanging intelligence for gold For a country of approximately 35 million people, an average loss equivalent to one IQ point would represent about 35 million person-points of cognitive potential.
If a generation of Ghanaian children suffers even a small average decline in cognitive performance because of preventable exposure to mercury, lead, arsenic and other mining-related toxicants, Ghana will pay for it for decades.
The child may be exposed through the mother during pregnancy, through contaminated food and water, or simply by living near a mining or gold-processing community.
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