All groups that passed resolutions for the 1998 mining moratorium bill should sign on to the new campaign as one way to potentially slow or stop the Crandon mine and other possible mines. Take the wording from the Local Government Resolution below, and please send copies to the Wolf Watershed Educational Project at the address below . Send information to Wisconsin Campaign to Ban Cyanide in Mining at the address below . If you are a tribal member, ask your representatives to introduce a similar resolution in your tribal council. Board of Supervisors on this date.
Sodium cyanide is acutely toxic to any living thing.
Incredibly small amounts of cyanide can kill fish. For example, cyanide measured at 20 to 80 parts per billion can kill rainbow and brown trout. Leftover cyanide at very small concentrations has harmed birds and other wildlife that drank mine pond wastewater. Cyanide can also break down and form complexes with other chemicals or metals and remain as toxic. Mixes of cyanide with other metals and chemicals can be just as toxic as cyanide itself, but they are not routinely monitored or carefully regulated.