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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7663

25 February 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 51
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
Following pollution of the Danube, WWF urges mining industry to adopt responsible attitude and back revision of Community legislation

Brussels, 24/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - The cyanide pollution of the Danube region as a whole is no natural disaster, but an ecological disaster attributable to human activity, and in particular to industrial negligence. Underpinning with these words what seems to be obvious, WWF has launched an appeal to the mining industry to adopt, in future, a more responsible attitude, given the potential dangers linked to its activities.

"There have been too many disasters, spills, leakages and...

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