Urban farm vegetables high in mercury, faecal content – Study reveals

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• Ikele 1 year ago

  They cause typhoid and other related diseases

  They cause typhoid and other related diseases

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• FRANKIE 1 year ago

  This is a very worrying development. Did the survey include the vegetable farmers at Korle-bu? Thats my source of vegetables so I'm very worried.

  This is a very worrying development. Did the survey include the vegetable farmers at Korle-bu? Thats my source of vegetables so I'm very worried.

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• Aquawei 1 year ago

  I remember when we were kids, my friends and I used to fish and shit in the Dzorwulu River then get chased by baba who use the water for his veggie farming. Not surprised at all. That same river is connected to almost every h ...
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  I remember when we were kids, my friends and I used to fish and shit in the Dzorwulu River then get chased by baba who use the water for his veggie farming. Not surprised at all. That same river is connected to almost every household drainage in the area.

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• Nana+Boakye+of+USA,+praises+Apostle+K+Safo+Kantanka 1 year ago

  Let's be honest with ourselves and our health is wealthy of emulation as well as long life.
  Holding the bull by the horns, we have to consider, GHANA FIRST, as other countries like Kagame, Luanda,and others.
  The Gold Lic ...
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  Let's be honest with ourselves and our health is wealthy of emulation as well as long life.
  Holding the bull by the horns, we have to consider, GHANA FIRST, as other countries like Kagame, Luanda,and others.
  The Gold License Mining across board the cute topographical nature of Gold Coast now Ghana has shown lots of hazardous chemical components on our water bodies and thus all these aftermaths of severe illnesses in one form or the other.
  This is very dangerous to our health and a pragmatic approach should be implemented

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• Kingsley Kessie 1 year ago

  Hmmmm. Why can’t our authorities ,with the responsibility of care, do something to help Ghanaians ? Simply ban them from doing urban vegetable farming and rather provide these farmers a much congenial alternative in nearby ...
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  Hmmmm. Why can’t our authorities ,with the responsibility of care, do something to help Ghanaians ? Simply ban them from doing urban vegetable farming and rather provide these farmers a much congenial alternative in nearby villages and assist them with underground water for irrigation of these farms ? The irresponsibility is too much in our country.

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• Nana+Boakye+of+USA,+praises+Apostle+K+Safo+Kantanka 1 year ago

  Exactly..;
  Thanks for posting this laudable idea.
  That can thrive well ,these vegetables
  Agriculture is the backbone of every sustainable economy and whenever rules & regulations are abided, then the population or the ci ...
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  Exactly..;
  Thanks for posting this laudable idea.
  That can thrive well ,these vegetables
  Agriculture is the backbone of every sustainable economy and whenever rules & regulations are abided, then the population or the citizens are well fit, and healthy

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• Tony 1 year ago

  This practice of using water from the drains and gutters for watering vegetables farms has been going on for over sixty years folks.

  This practice of using water from the drains and gutters for watering vegetables farms has been going on for over sixty years folks.

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• Chief 1 year ago

  ...and they have a new addition of galamseyed water to make it worse

  ...and they have a new addition of galamseyed water to make it worse

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• Chief 1 year ago

  So now should we risk the GMO veggies or the poisoned ones?? ...or just eat gari soakings??

  So now should we risk the GMO veggies or the poisoned ones?? ...or just eat gari soakings??

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• Joseph Wireko-Adumatta 1 year ago

  Simply avoid vegetables from local river banks and backyard gardens in the city.

  Simply avoid vegetables from local river banks and backyard gardens in the city.

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