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  1. Cadmium, Cu, Hg, Sb, Se and Ti contamination in abandoned and active mining sites in Ghana shows concerns for soil and human health risks

    Article • Environmental Advances, April 2024, Elsevier

    Albert Kobina Mensah

  2. Biochar, compost and/or NPK fertilizer affect the uptake of potentially toxic elements and promote the yield of lettuce grown in an abandoned gold mine tailing

    Article • Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals, June 2023, Elsevier

    Albert Kobina Mensah

  3. Polluting our rivers in search of gold: how sustainable are reforms to stop informal miners from returning to mining sites in Ghana?

    Article • Frontiers in Environmental Science, May 2023, Frontiers

    Albert Kobina Mensah

  4. Arsenic in Gold Mining Wastes: An Environmental and Human Health Threat in Ghana

    Article • December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Albert Kobina Mensah

  5. Phytoavailability and uptake of arsenic in ryegrass affected by various amendments in soil of an abandoned gold mining site

    Article • Environmental Research, November 2022, Elsevier

    Albert Kobina Mensah

  6. Reducing conditions increased the mobilisation and hazardous effects of arsenic in a highly contaminated gold mine spoil

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, August 2022, Elsevier

    Albert Kobina Mensah

  7. Biochar, compost, iron oxide, manure, and inorganic fertilizer affect bioavailability of arsenic and improve soil quality of an abandoned arsenic-contaminated gold mine spoil

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, April 2022, Elsevier

    Albert Kobina Mensah

  8. Human health risk via soil ingestion of potentially toxic elements and remediation potential of native plants near an abandoned mine spoil in Ghana

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2021, Elsevier

    Albert Kobina Mensah

  9. “Small in size, but big in impact”: Socio-environmental reforms for sustainable artisanal and small-scale mining

    Article • Journal of Sustainable Mining, October 2021, Głowny Instytut Gornictwa (Central Mining Institute)

    Albert Kobina Mensah

  10. Arsenic contamination in abandoned and active gold mine spoils in Ghana: Geochemical fractionation, speciation, and assessment of the potential human health risk

    Article • Environmental Pollution, June 2020, Elsevier

    Albert Kobina Mensah

  11. “Small in size, but big in impact”: Socio-environmental reforms for sustainable artisanal and small-scale mining

    Article • Journal of Sustainable Mining, February 2019, Elsevier

    Albert Kobina Mensah

  12. Biochar and compost for improving soil fertility, maize growth and yield

    Article • International Journal of Agronomy, June 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Albert Kobina Mensah

  13. The performance of the mining sector in Ghana: A decomposition analysis of the relative contribution of price and output to revenue growth

    Article • Resources Policy, December 2016, Elsevier

    Albert Kobina Mensah

  14. Factors affecting adoption of mulching in Kibaale sub-catchment, South Central Uganda

    Article • International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics, January 2016, Inderscience Publishers

    Albert Kobina Mensah

  15. The extent of groundwater use for domestic and irrigation activities in Thiririka sub-catchment, Gatundu South District, Kiambu County, Kenya

    Article • African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, June 2015, Academic Journals

    Albert Kobina Mensah