Environmental groups have for several years accused mining companies in Ghana of destroying the environment. In a strange twist of events, it now seems that farmers have turned to illegal mining as a result of the devastation of the pollution caused by mining activities...This allegation has been refuted by Nana Ando, director of the government’s Environmental Protection Agency, who claimed that the mining companies have started complying with good environmental management practices. [refers to Newmont, Anglogold Ashanti, Ghana Water Company]