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Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: TICs & TIMs

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<strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Agents</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Terrorism</strong><br />

Training Support Package<br />

Participant Guide<br />

Slide 29<br />

<strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Agents</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Terrorism</strong>:<br />

<strong>TICs</strong> & <strong>TIMs</strong><br />

Cyanide: Environmental <strong>Terrorism</strong><br />

• Cyanide spill into Tisza River, Romania (2000)<br />

• 100,000 cubic meters <strong>of</strong> cyanide containing water released<br />

when a gold mine dam overflowed<br />

• All river life killed <strong>for</strong> miles downriver<br />

Module Four – Cyanide & Fumigants<br />

29<br />

One <strong>of</strong> cyanide’s main industrial uses is in the processing <strong>of</strong> ore during the metal refining<br />

process. Accidental or deliberate release <strong>of</strong> the large amounts <strong>of</strong> cyanide used in the<br />

mining industry has the potential to cause serious and widespread environmental and<br />

economic damage.<br />

Several environmental disasters have occurred in Europe and South American when the<br />

tailing ponds where cyanide waste water is kept breach the banks.<br />

December 2008 Version 2.0 Page 216

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