Forensic Pathologist, Prof. Paul Sampene Ossei, is warning that in coming years, babies born to women residing in illegal mining communities will have to battle with several deficiencies.

According to him, due to the exposure of their mothers to chemicals used in the mining of gold, there is a great risk of developing irreversible health conditions.

Speaking on JoyNews, he said these are findings from his latest research.

 “With all these heavy metals, what is going to happen is that mothers are going to continue giving birth to children with all manner of deformities and so these children even though some of them may have the opportunity to live, what life are they living?

“They will be living lives that is not actually to be lived. Very soon you will see human beings walking but the person is not a whole human being but rather partial human being.

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“That is half human being because the brain might have been affected, the kidneys affected, the liver is affected and in fact all other reproductive organs. Especially if you are a man, your sperms would have been affected because these heavy metal find their way into the very thing to that causes us to even reproduce,” he said.

Prof. Sampene Ossei says he is yet to be contacted by the health ministry on his findings.

He said the ministry was rather chastised him for the findings and accused him of using Photoshop to prove his findings.

Prof. Ossei said the Ghana Medical Association only showed interest when there was a sudden rise in the number of kidney failures in the country.

However, he is optimistic that they would reach out in the near future to find solutions.