More on Kyrgyz cyanide spill

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Subject: More on Kyrgyz cyanide spill

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More on Kyrgyz cyanide spill


>From RFE/RL Newsline 15 June 1998:-
 
KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT DEBATES BARSKOON CYANIDE SPILL...

The Kyrgyz parliament on 13 June voted to create an international
commission to monitor the aftermath of the 20 May spill of 20 tons of
sodium cyanide into the Barskoon river, which flows into Lake
Issyk-Kul. The previous day, deputies rejected the testimony of
cabinet ministers who claimed that the cleanup of contaminated soil
and water at the site of the accident has been completed, RFE/RL's
Bishkek bureau reported. The deputies demanded the resignation of
Ecology Minister Kulubek Bokonbaev and President of the State Gold
Company Dastan Sarygulov. They also voted to revise the agreement
between the Kyrgyz government and Canada's CAMECO corporation, one of
whose lorries was involved in the accident, and to request that the
Canadian government pressure CAMECO to pay compensation, estimated at
$1 million. Four people have died of cyanide poisoning and 790 are
still hospitalized. LF


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one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."
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