‘Poisoned Playground’: 4-year-old drinks mercury stored in water bottle at Wassa Ayim

‘Poisoned Playground’: 4-year-old drinks mercury stored in water bottle at Wassa Ayim

[Joy Online - Ghana] - 30/07/2025
A four-year-old boy from Wassa Ayim in the Western Region was thirsty. He picked up a familiar bottled water container and drank from it – unaware that inside was not water, but mercury. His parents, like many others in illegal mining communities, had been using the toxic chemical for gold (…)
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