Stanley Okorie, Coordinator, National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency NESREA in Ebonyi, has called for provision of adequate equipment for miners to prevent diseases.
Okorie told the News men in Abakaliki today that nonuse of protective equipment by people during mining could cause kidney diseases.
Okorie expressed worry at exposure of women and children to mining activities, saying that it could be dangerous to their health.
On challenges facing the environment, the coordinator said that land degradation and erosion were the major ones.
