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Ghana is within the news globally again and it is not for the best as most individuals would hope for. A region in the country is trending since the most toxic place in the planet.
A simple google search on “10 Most Toxic Places within the world” will give you the list of most places in the world which are not really safe for humans in order to inhabit.
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On that list, Agbogbloshie, a suburb in Higher Accra Region, the Nationwide Capital of Ghana can pop as the number one.
This particular development has shocked several Ghanaians who have been discussing exactly how it’s going to affect the international picture of the country.
The list is published by atchuup. com and apart from Agbogbloshie, Ghana, the others within the list are:
Chernobyl, Ukraine, Citarum River, Indonesia, Dzerzhinsk, Russia, Hazaribagh, Bangladesh, Kabwe, Zambia, Kalimantan, Indonesia, Matanza Riachuelo, Argentina, Niger Lake Delta, Nigeria and finally, Norilsk, Russia.
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Upon Agbogloshie, the article went serious on how the suburb grew to become number on the list plus activities that goes on right now there.
It reads:
Agbogbloshie, Ghana
Agbogbloshie, in Accra Ghana, is the second-largest electronic waste materials or e-waste processing region in West Africa. E-waste such as discarded electronics consist of refrigerators, microwaves, and tvs, lay around in this waste materials dump. Every year, Ghana imports around 215, 000 a lot of secondhand consumer electronics primarily through Western Europe and creates another 129, 000 a lot of e-waste annually.
Because of the heterogeneous composition of electronics, recycling where possible them safely requires a higher level of skill. From dirt samples, experts have approximated lead levels in the area to become as high as 18, 125 ppm. In the U. S., environmentally friendly Protection Agency standard meant for lead in soil is just 400 ppm.
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Ghanaians have been talking and asking the government as a matter associated with urgency to step up is to do something to salvage the problem.
