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Jun 21, 2024 · cyanide, any compound containing the monovalent combining group CN. In inorganic cyanides, such as sodium cyanide (NaCN), this group is present as the negatively charged cyanide ion; these compounds, which are regarded as salts of hydrocyanic acid, are highly toxic.
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Jun 25, 2024 · Potassium cyanide poisoning inhibits oxygen transport in the body, leading to death; symptoms include giddiness, headache, and skin discoloration.
Jun 26, 2024 · "Cyanide is water soluble and it affects, you know, most animals, fish, insects… they're all susceptible to cyanide poisoning." Dead fish in the Tisza River in Romania after a mining-related ...
2 days ago · July 4, 2024 at 1:07 PM PDT. Listen. 1:09. Canada’s Yukon Territory said elevated levels of cyanide were detected in a waterway near Victoria Gold Corp.’s Eagle Mine after an equipment failure ...
3 days ago · By Emma Tranter · CBC News Half the spill — 2 million tonnes — left containment, officials say The Yukon government says "elevated" levels of cyanide have been found in a creek downstream ...
3 days ago · MAYO, YUKON — Yukon's mining minister says elevated levels of cyanide have been detected in a waterway after an equipment failure and slide of ore at Victoria Gold's Eagle Mine last week.
3 days ago · Streicker said that the level of cyanide in Haggart Creek could potentially affect fish, but more tests will be required to confirm that. Situated about 350 km north of the Yukon’s capital Whitehorse, the Eagle Gold mine experienced a failure at its heap leach facility. A landslide that was 1.5 km in length caused the mine’s ore to spill ...
