[Green-Activist] Fw: CONCERNED CITIZENS BLOCKADE CYANIDE TRUCKS

[Anne Goddard]

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Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 10:00 AM
Subject: CONCERNED CITIZENS BLOCKADE CYANIDE TRUCKS


MEDIA ALERT 2nd May 2007


from 10 am Wednesday 2 May 2007
Dasea Street, (off Muir, near Rookwood Road)
Chullora NSW

In support of solidarity actions across the world against mining giant
Barrick Gold, concerned citizens in Sydney will
blockade trucks transporting cyanide to Barrick's mine at Lake Cowal,
central western NSW.

Up to 6090 tonnes of cyanide is being transported from the Orica plant in
Gladstone, Queensland, 1600km away, to
Lake Cowal every year. The cyanide is being freighted by train over 20
rivers, through 10 national parks and through
200 towns and trucked through densely populated areas of Sydney from
Chullora to Parramatta and the World
Heritage listed Blue Mountains.

"We want the facts," said Cyanide Watch organiser, Graeme Dunstan. "We want
communities in Australia to know
about the possible threat from a cyanide spill to their public health and
water ways."

"The maker of the cyanide, Orica, the transporter, Pacific National, and
the approver of its transport as a Dangerous
Good, the NSW Minister for Planning, are all withholding the facts on the
grounds of national security and
commercial confidence." Says Dunstan
http://www.peacebus.com/CyanideWatch/070417ToxicEvasions.html

The protestors demand to know how appropriate emergency response can be
planned for a cyanide spill if the
magnitude of the hazard continues to be kept a secret to both Sydney
citizens and the responding agencies.

This action will be just one of many actions being targeted at Barrick
Gold, the world's biggest gold producer and
cyanide criminal on the day of its AGM in Toronto.
http://www.protestbarrick.net

More info:
Graeme Dunstan Cyanide Watch 0407 951 688
www.peacebus.com/CyanideWatch

International Day of Action Against Barrick Gold
http://www.protestbarrick.net

The International Day of Action Against Barrick Gold solidarity actions in:
Australia; Peru; Argentina; Chile;
Phillipines; USA; Canada; Europe and Papua New Guinea.
http://protestbarrick.net/article.php?id=82

Download the Alternative Barrick Annual Report:
http://protestbarrick.net/downloads/barrick_report.pdf

Contact: Natalie Lowrey (Toronto, canada) 0011 1 647 268 4440

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