This study assessed the effects of quarrying activities on some selected communities in the lower Manya Krobo District

Studies were conducted to assess the levels of organochlorine pesticide (OCP) residues in the roots of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta and Mondia whitei, medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in Ghana.

Fifty (50) years after the construction of the Tema Port, no comprehensive study has been undertaken to assess heavy metal pollution at the port. This study therefore aimed at investigating the spatio-temporal distribution of heavy metals iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) , nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As) and vanadium (V) in surface seawater, suspended particulate matter (SPM) and surficial sediments.

This study was conducted to investigate the quality of these water sources. Water samples were collected and analysed for physico-chemical parameters including turbidity, sodium, phosphate, nitrate, etc and also total and faecal coliforms for bacteriological analysis.

Teshie is a Ga fishing settlement along Ghanaian the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. The area has been without any proper water supply for the past 20 years. Due to the perineal water shortage in the community, people in Teshie depend mostly on water supplies from private water companies (tanker supplies) and store the water in storage facilities like polyethylene and cement tanks for long periods of time.

Coastal tourism, though in its nascent stage in Ghana's tourism development efforts, is an important driving force behind environmental change in coastal communities including Kokrobite and Bortianor, the focal area for this study.

Seafood consumption is an important route of human exposure to organic and inorganic contaminants as well as microbes. Fish tissues from three (3) commonly consumed seafoods obtained from seven fishing landing sites along the coast of Ghana between August and October. 2009.