The cyanide leaching gold recovery process is a nonsustainable technology with unacceptable impacts on ecosystems and humans: The disaster in Romania

Authors
Korte, F Spiteller, M Coulston, F
Citation
F. Korte et al., The cyanide leaching gold recovery process is a nonsustainable technology with unacceptable impacts on ecosystems and humans: The disaster in Romania, ECOTOX ENV, 46(3), 2000, pp. 241-245
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology,"Pharmacology & Toxicology
Journal title
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
ISSN journal
01476513 → ACNP
Volume
46
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
241 - 245
Database
ISI
SICI code
0147-6513(200007)46:3<241:TCLGRP>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The statements and discussions in this commentary are based on the disastro us situation near Baia Mare in Romania, where a dam of a cyanide basin burs t on January 30, 2000, with serious consequences. (C) 2000 Academic Press.