Meanwhile, a number of banks recently started selling off their gold in reaction to falling prices. The Australian Esmeralda Exploration company, manager of the mine, recently started denying responsibility for the pollution. The double standards Esmeralda and similar companies are using in their home countries and abroad are unacceptable. All companies should be fully financially liable for damage to human health and the environment, wherever it occurs. The cyanide spill from the Baia Mare mine in Romania has caused severe pollution of two major East European rivers, the Tisza and the Danube.
Reports claim that water life has been eradicated in the affected waterways.
The spill is now heading for Danube delta, a wetland of global importance and one of Europe's best wildlife habitats.