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[ 2014-09-19 ]
Ban used car batteries - GSA Accra, GNA - The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA)
on Wednesday renewed its call for the banning of
the importation of used car batteries in Ghana,
describing it as dangerous to the health of the
people.
Mr Kofi Nagetey, Deputy Executive Director
in-charge of Commercial Services, GSA, said so far
there was no law in Ghana banning the importation
of the used batteries, so his Organisation was
incapable to enforce any law to that effect.
In an answer to a question by an importer as to
what GSA was doing with used imported batteries on
the Ghanaian market, at a stakeholder workshop in
Accra, Mr Nagetey said the Authority had raised
that issue with the authorities “but because
there is no policy on that, so people continue to
import such batteries at the risk of our
health”.
“Such batteries emit acids and are useless,
dangerous and need to be banned immediately. A lot
of countries have banned such batteries, but Ghana
has not banned it yet.
“These are mostly used by commercial vehicles
and no wonder the many accidents that are recorded
on our roads,” Mr Nagetey noted. Source - GNA
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