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Article: ROMANIA: UN REPORT SAYS ROMANIAN POLLUTION DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN, WEATHER CONDITIONS.(Brief Article)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- April 25, 2000
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A UN Environment Program report says the January spill of cyanide from the Aurul gold mine in Romania that polluted the Tisa and Danube rivers was due to "a combination of inherent design deficiencies in the industrial process involved, inadequate operating conditions, and bad weather," Reuters reported on 20 April. The report also warned of possible "chronic health impacts" from the spill, in view of the fact that it ...