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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10137
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/environment

Parliament calls for ban on cyanide mining technologies

Brussels, 10/05/2010 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament, with its adoption of a joint resolution from six political groups (488 votes to 48, with 57 abstentions) on 5 May, considered that compliance with the EU's objectives under the Water Framework Directive, namely to achieve good chemical status for water resources and to protect water resources and biological diversity, can only be achieved by banning cyanide mining technology. Cyanide is an extremely toxic chemical substance used...

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