Alaska has an HAZMAT problem

[ensho]

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index.php?smp=&lang=eng


A 2-acre area at the Fort Knox Gold Mine near Fairbanks is being dug up to remove pollution from a spill of water contaminated with a low concentration of sodium cyanide. The Department of Environmental Conservation said that most of the estimated 305,000-gallon spill Wednesday was contained within a building. But, 30,000 to 35,000 gallons flowed onto a gravel road and parking lot within the site. The DEC said the spilled cyanide doesn't pose an inhalation hazard to workers cleaning the spill. Earthen barriers were set up to prevent the cyanide from migrating farther. Excavated contaminated soil will be hauled away by truck, the DEC said. The Fort Knox mine was the state's largest gold producer from 1996 through 2007 and is still one of the largest. It's owned by Kinross Gold Corp. of Toronto.
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[Scuba]

1. Yeah, it's perfectly safe to spill 300,000 gallons of cyanide.

[AnnieBW]

2. Oh, not ANOTHER thread about Sarah Palin!

What, you mean it's about an actual toxic waste problem? So sorry.