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Meeting #2
April 11-12, 2013
University of Ghana, Legon
Program of Abstracts

Natural Science Workgroup

Life cycle impact assessment of environmental impact assessment of artisanal mining in Ghana: a case study of Dunkwa
Samuel Obiri, Edward Antwi, Niladri Basu, Mozhgon Rajaee, O.D. Ansa-Ansare, F.A. Armah, Samuel J. Cobbina

Artisanal mining and the quality of water from River Mediabewu in Krobiso in Eastern Region of Ghana
D.A. Anang, Edward Antwi, Samuel Obiri

Studies on the mercury-selenium interaction in some parts of the lower Pra River  
Vincent Nartey, Raphael K. Klake

The potential effect of mining on water quality in Tarkwa Nsuaem municipality in Western Region, Ghana
Mawuli Dzodzomenyo, Millicent Asare, H. Noye-Nortey, Isabella Quakyi

Determination of mercury, arsenic, cadmium, copper, cyanide, lead and zinc in water bodies Nangodi a small – scale mining community in the Nabdam District, Upper East Region, Ghana
Samuel Jerry Cobbina, Samuel Obiri, J.Z. Dagben

Arsenic, mercury, cadmium, cobalt, copper, lead, zinc and manganese levels in blood serum and whole blood of 300 resident adults from mining and non-mining communities in Ghana
Samuel Obiri, P.O. Yeboah, Shiloh Osae, D. Carboo

Multimedia exposure assessment of mercury in a small-scale gold mining community in Northeast Ghana
Mozhgon Rajaee, Rachel Long, Mark L. Wilson, Thomas G. Robins, Elisha P. Renne, Niladri Basu

Social Science Workgroup

Engagement from Within and Without: A historical analysis of mining in Bole, Northern Region
Samuel Ntewusu

Mining and its consequences in Akyem Abuakwa
Ababio Emmanuel Ofosu-Mensah

Intersecting worlds: small-scale/industrial gold-mining, miner migration, and knowledge transfer
Elisha P. Renne

Illegal small-scale mining in Ghana: a protest of tradition against modernity?
Emmanuel Tenkorang

Water values in a Ghanaian small-scale gold mining community
Rachel Long, Elisha P. Renne, Thomas G. Robins, Mark L. Wilson, Kenneth Pelig-Ba, Mozhgon Rajaee, Allison Yee, Elizabeth Koomson, Codi Sharp, Jing Lu, Niladri Basu

Human Health Workgroup

A review of reported injuries from small-scale mining in Ghana
Edith Clarke, Emmanuel K-Amoah

Heavy metal toxicity in the Ayanfuri cluster of Mining Communities, Ghana
Eric Odei, Edith Clarke

Mercury exposure among miners in an artisanal gold mining community in Ashanti Region of Ghana
Edward Ebow Kwaansa-Ansah, Osei Akoto, Niladri Basu

Mercury exposure, blood pressure and lung function in a small-scale gold mining community in northeast Ghana
Mozhgon Rajaee, Allison K. Yee, Rachel Long, Thomas G. Robins, Mark L. Wilson, Elisha P. Renne, Niladri Basu

Human health risk assessment and disease profile from exposure to toxic chemicals in water bodies by artisanal miners in Bogoso in Prestea Huni Valley District, Ghana
Samuel Obiri, Samuel Jerry Cobbina, F.A. Armah, Edward Antwi, B. Ason

Policy and Economics Workgroup

Understanding health risks in small-scale gold mining communities of Ghana: analytic approaches to inform policy
Mark Wilson

Illegal mining in Ghana and the environment
Simon Atebiya

Assessment of inequalities in the livelihood between mining and non-mining workers in mining economy
Anthony Osei-Fosu, Peter Agyei-Baffour

Impact assessment of health infrastructure projects undertaken by Gold Fields Ghana Ltd. at its Damang and Tarkwa sites in Western Region of Ghana
Anthony Osei-Fosu, Kwadwo Afriyie, Peter Dwumah

Economic burden of public health externalities associated with small-scale mining in the Amansie West District of Ghana
Peter Agyei-Baffour, Anthony Osei-Fosu, J. Appiah Nrkumah, KJ Opoku Afriyie