The experience of Baia Mare Romania in January 2000, where a cyanide leak wiped out 80% of the local fish population, is sufficiently chilling to cause alarm. Other parts of Romania suffered a similar fate as a result of cyanide. Additionally Canadian mining company, Barrick Gold Corp, faced sanctions in Argentina after three cyanide spills in 18 months. One of these included a one million-litre spill into drinking waterways.
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