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Ghana is within the news globally again plus it’s 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 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 a lot of Ghanaians who have been discussing exactly how it’s going to affect the global image of the country.
The list can be compiled by atchuup. com plus besides Agbogbloshie, Ghana, the mediocre on the list are:
Chernobyl, Ukraine, Citarum River, Philippines, Dzerzhinsk, Russia, Hazaribagh, Bangladesh, Kabwe, Zambia, Kalimantan, Philippines, Matanza Riachuelo, Argentina, Niger River Delta, Nigeria and lastly, Norilsk, Russia.
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On Agbogloshie, the article proceeded to go deep on how the region became number on the listing and activities that continues there.
It reads:
Agbogbloshie, Ghana
Agbogbloshie, in Accra Ghana, is the second-largest digital waste or e-waste digesting area in West The african continent. E-waste such as discarded electronic devices include refrigerators, microwaves, plus televisions, lay around with this waste dump. Every year, Ghana imports around 215, 1000 tons of secondhand consumer electronics mainly from Western Europe plus generates another 129, 1000 tons of e-waste annually.
Due to the heterogeneous composition of electronic devices, recycling them safely needs a high level of skill. Through soil samples, experts possess estimated lead levels in the region to be as high as 18, a hundred and twenty-five ppm. In the U. H., the Environmental Protection Agency regular for lead in dirt is only 400 ppm.
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Ghanaians have been talking plus calling on the government as a issue of urgency to step-up and do something to repair the situation.
