As a recent report (www.nodirtygold.org) from Earthworks and Oxfam America observes, "Once it's extracted, the ore is crushed, piled into huge heaps and sprayed with cyanide, which causes the gold to leach out of the ore. Some mines use several tonnes of cyanide daily. A rice-grain sized dose of cyanide can be fatal. The cyanide contaminated waste ore is usually just abandoned." As a matter of fact, the usual restrictions applicable in this country and elsewhere to the solid and liquid wastes produced by other industries are missing for the mining industry, for inexplicable reasons.
http://infochangeindia.org/environment/analysis/dirty-gold-the-unseen-yellow-peril.html
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