Speak-out against cyanide shipments

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KATOOMBA — Local resident Jess Martin speaks out against bulk cyanide being transported through the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains. The April 29 speak-out was organised by Friends of the Earth Blue Mountains and Cyanide Watch. More than 6000 tonnes of cyanide will be transported through the Blue Mountains over the next 13 years to Lake Cowal in central-western NSW, where Barrick Gold has started up a huge open-cut goldmine on

the edge of a culturally and environmentally significant wetland. For more information, visit <http://www.peacebus.com/CyanideWatch>.

Photo by Natalie Lowrey.

From Green Left Weekly, May 10, 2006.
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