It is hard to comprehend why Ghana ended up being a dumping ground for electronic wastes. A town called Agbobgloshie in the capital of Ghana is used as the dumping site for computer wastes of countries such as Britain, Germany, Korea, Switzerland and the Netherlands. There is no doubt that the toxic chemicals found in electronic waste are dangerous and harmful to the people and the environment. Yet these toxic materials are some how allowed in the country. Last year, a Greenpeace investigation into the matter found phthalates in the soil samples collected from the ground in Agbobgloshie dumping site. According to the Scientists who were part of the investigation, Phthalates causes birth defects and cancer.Ghana Environmental Protection Agency duty is to protect and improve the environment but it has failed their duty to react to such a pollution incident. The agency proclaims that “It's our job to make sure that air, land and water are looked after by everyone in today's society, so that tomorrow's generations inherit a cleaner, healthier world”. However, their failure to prevent the toxic chemicals of electronic waste into Ghana amounts to a betrayal and an act of treason to the nation.
The worst act of treason was committed by the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority for allowing the Toxic items into Ghana. Unfortunately, no one has been held accountable for such a dangerous act and it is scary to even contemplate that these toxics chemicals are still making their way to Ghana. I hope more people will be aware of these atrocities which are being committed against the next generations and fight to put an end to it. The insane part of all these is that it took an outside organisation such as the Greenpeace to alert us all whiles our leaders sleep and snore themselves out to the detriment of the Ghanaian people. God Bless Ghana.
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