{
  "id": 19622034,
  "title": "Galamsey Menace: US Alarmed Over Mercury Pollution Of Ankobra, Pra … Mercury Concentrations In The Two Rivers Are More Than 55 Times The Average Levels Recorded In Streams In The United States",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/galamsey-menace-us-alarmed-over-mercury-pollution-of-ankobra-pra",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T07:38:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Chronicle Ghana",
    "slug": "the-chronicle-ghana",
    "url": "https://thechronicle.com.gh/galamsey-menace-us-alarmed-over-mercury-pollution-of-ankobra-pra-mercury-concentrations-in-the-two-rivers-are-more-than-55-times-the-average-levels-recorded-in-streams-in-the-united-stat/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mercury concentrations in sampled waters of Ghana’s Pra and Ankobra rivers are more than 55 times the average levels recorded in streams in the United States, a baseline study by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has found. The study also found mercury concentrations in river sediments between two and 25 times higher than the […] The post Galamsey Menace: US Alarmed Over Mercury…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}