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Hungary urges Europe-wide ban on cyanide mining technology

Tue, Feb 02 2010 14:17 CET

byThe Budapest Times

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Hungary urges Europe-wide ban on cyanide mining technology

Tisza river in Szeged, Hungary
Photo: Váradi Zsolt

Hungary urges a Europe-wide ban on cyanide mining technologies, Andor Nagy, head of the Hungarian parliament's environmental committee told a conference on February 1 2010.

Nagy said Hungary had put a law in force in December 2009 banning cyanide-based extraction technology and the ban should be widened across Europe.

The conference marked the 10th anniversary of a contamination from a cyanide spill on the river Tisza from Baia Mare, Romania, which caused devastating damage to the river's wildlife.

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