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LAKE VICTORIA VULNERABLE TO CYANIDE POISONING FROM NEW MINE

By Tervil Okoko
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 23, 2000 (ENS)- The new Geita Gold Mine on a river
feeding Lake Victoria is now producing gold despite bitter protests from
environmentalists that it will injure the ecosystem of the world’s second
largest lake.
For full text and graphics visit:
http://ens.lycos.com/ens/aug2000/2000L-08-23-01.html

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