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Public Health at risk from Cyanide Disposal Plan.
dublin |
environment |
news report
Thursday June 19, 2008 02:24 by Stuart C
On the 23rd of June,a private contractor will dispose of 15kg of Hydrogen Cyanide on the land of the Kilbride Army Camp in the Dublin/Wicklow Mountains. This land is in the catchment of the Blessington Lakes, Dublin's main water supply, and within 10 miles of Dublin City Centre. The Kilbride Army Camp borders a Special Area of Conservation. On the 23rd of June,a private contractor will dispose of 15kg of Hydrogen Cyanide on the land of the Kilbride Army Camp in the Dublin/Wicklow Mountains. This land is in the catchment of the Blessington Lakes, Dublin's main water supply, and within 10 miles of Dublin City Centre. The Kilbride Army Camp borders a Special Area of Conservation. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6Apparently this stuff is only worth about 1 euro a kilo (so the containers are worth more for scrap metal), but the worldwide consumption is about a million tonnes a year, threequarters for manufacturing nylon or methyl methacrylate (clear plastics and superglue). Surely the sane "disposal" of this material is to put it into the industrial supply stream?
Concise International Chemical Assessment Document 61
HYDROGEN CYANIDE AND CYANIDES:
HUMAN HEALTH ASPECTS
http://www.inchem.org/documents/cicads/cicads/cicad61.htm
Excerpt:
"In humans, whereas slight effects occur at exposure levels of 20–40 mg/m3, 50–60 mg/m3 can be tolerated without immediate or late effects for 20 min to 1 h, 120–150 mg/m3 may lead to death after 0.5–1 h, 150 mg/m3 is likely to be fatal within 30 min, 200 mg/m3 is likely fatal after 10 min, and 300 mg/m3 is immediately fatal. The lowest reported oral lethal dose for humans is 0.54 mg/kg body weight, and the average absorbed dose at the time of death has been estimated at 1.4 mg/kg body weight (calculated as hydrogen cyanide). Sequelae after severe acute intoxications may include neuropsychiatric manifestations and Parkinson-type disease. Cyanide from tobacco smoke has been implicated as a contributing factor in tobacco–alcohol amblyopia. Long-term exposure to lower concentrations of cyanide in occupational settings can result in a variety of symptoms related to central nervous system effects."
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE3DC...ted=2
After production of hydrogen cyanide was halted in 1968 in favor of superior and more stable insecticides, American Cyanamid tried to locate and retrieve all the cylinders. One day in 1970, while company technicians were drawing the liquid out of a cylinder found at a grain elevator in the Middle West, the cylinder began to heat up, to such an extent that the paint on its exterior blistered. Then it exploded. The technicians had enough time to seek cover, and nobody was injured. But the incident alerted the company to the unacceptable danger of trying to empty the cylinders manually.
In 1976, the company tried another approach, involving explosives. But an Army ordnance squad made an error in disposing of two cylinders in Stamford, Tex., and the resulting explosion caused extensive property damage.
The company now uses a nine-year-old method developed in part by E.P.A. specialists in Dallas. The technique entails removing the ends of the cylinders with explosive cutting charges, which are detonated in a pit alongside containers of diesel fuel and gasoline. The chemical, which is released as a gas, is then instantly consumed in a fireball.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/toxic-gas-to-be....html
http://www.sdublincoco.ie/index.aspx?pageid=939&pid=14509
http://www.sdcc.ie/
Is there any contact group that People can get involved with to prevent this from happening?
Apparently this stuff has been disposed of in secret in the interests of public safety.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/safety-priority....html
I believe the method emplyed in any such situations involves lining the ground on which the explosive charges are detonated and surrounding the canisters with very heavy sandbags whilst the detonations are carried out remotely. The canisters are removed and exported for treatment as is the case with all hazardous waste.