As one of the worst environmental disaster since Chernobyl. The cyanide spill in January 30, 2000 released tons of toxic chemicals into the rivers of Romania and three bordering countries. The Tisza-Danube Cyanide Spill affected the people by contaminating their food and water sources. This also affects the animals living nearby or in the rivers because their habitats and ecosystems either gets lost or destroyed. People responded to this by trying to get mining industries to take responsibility for what they caused, The Baia Mare Gold Mine (North-Western Romania).
First of all, two major impacts the cyanide spill had on humans was food and water contamination. Unless cyanide wasn’t ingested in large quantities, it wasn’t a major threat to human health. But many officials took action by banning the diet of fishes located in or near the river. According to the article “Romania’s Cyanide Spill” it said that, “ The cyanide spill have affected the drinking water of nearly 2 million people. Fishes was also banned and removed from restaurants menus in order to prevent cyanide consumption” (Mannior). This evidence supports that not only was the cyanide a problem towards human health but also towards the environment and wildlife. To conclude, …show more content…
This impacted and threatened many of the animals habitats by intoxicating, threatening, and making it unsuitable for life to sustain. According to the textbook Geography Alive (pg.246) it stated that, “The result of the cyanide killed about 200 tons of fish and even hundreds of otters from eating poisoned fishes” (Diane Hurt). This confirms that the cyanide spill didn’t just affect one kind of species but also the whole animal food chain that consumes fish. To summarize, during this event many of the river’s animals and ecosystems was either threatened or destroyed from the toxicity of the cyanide
First of all, two major impacts the cyanide spill had on humans was food and water contamination. Unless cyanide wasn’t ingested in large quantities, it wasn’t a major threat to human health. But many officials took action by banning the diet of fishes located in or near the river. According to the article “Romania’s Cyanide Spill” it said that, “ The cyanide spill have affected the drinking water of nearly 2 million people. Fishes was also banned and removed from restaurants menus in order to prevent cyanide consumption” (Mannior). This evidence supports that not only was the cyanide a problem towards human health but also towards the environment and wildlife. To conclude, …show more content…
This impacted and threatened many of the animals habitats by intoxicating, threatening, and making it unsuitable for life to sustain. According to the textbook Geography Alive (pg.246) it stated that, “The result of the cyanide killed about 200 tons of fish and even hundreds of otters from eating poisoned fishes” (Diane Hurt). This confirms that the cyanide spill didn’t just affect one kind of species but also the whole animal food chain that consumes fish. To summarize, during this event many of the river’s animals and ecosystems was either threatened or destroyed from the toxicity of the cyanide