Mastodawn

Dedi Supriadi swings his hoe into the soil at his aubergine and cucumber farm – land where he once dug for gold in the hamlet of #CitorekKidul in #Indonesia.

The mountainous region is scarred by illegal #GoldMining , where workers carve deep into hillsides and caves and risk their lives in the process.

Tempted by the traces of #gold left behind by a former state-run mine, Aneka Tambang #ANTAM , villagers have turned to small-scale #IllegalMining , driving #deforestation and using #toxic chemicals like #mercury and #cyanide that #pollute water and kill #wildlife.

Critics and $environmentalists have called for stricter measures to stop the practice and encourage a return to traditional and less destructive ways of life like #farming.

A police crackdown and signs of change, such as several #miners recently switching to farming, have raised hopes of a possible turning point in the effort.

https://www.eco-business.com/news/from-indonesias-poisoned-gold-tunnels-miners-look-to-farming

#AsianMastodon #TootSEA #SouthEastAsia #EcoNews #ecological #environmental

From Indonesia’s poisoned gold tunnels, miners look to farming

Illegal gold mining threatens nature and lives, pushing communities to revive traditional, sustainable farming instead.

Eco-Business

🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘Jun 23

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Watch METALLICA Perform “Cyanide” In Atlanta; Official Live Video Released

https://bravewords.com/news/watch-metallica-perform-cyanide-in-atlanta-official-live-video-released/

#Metallica #Cyanide #Atlanta #MercedesBenzStadium #Georgia #HeavyMetal #Bravewords #June2025

Longreads Jun 2

"But people were taking Tylenol and dying, and the implications were harrowing: Was there tainted Tylenol out on store shelves? If so, how long did they have to figure it all out before the next person was stricken?" —Michael Solomon for Truly Adventurous https://www.trulyadventure.us/poison-pill

#Tylenol #Johnson&Johnson #Cyanide #Murder #1980s #Crime

Poison Pill

Is the killer behind the 1982 Tylenol poisonings still on the loose? Exclusive revelations by investigators yield the first authoritative account of what happened and who likely did it. James William Lewis, also known as Robert Richardson, left behind a trail of clues while evading prosecution.

Truly*Adventurous

Matthew Vernon May 28

This article on Cherry Laurel and #cyanide is quite entertaining

https://suziepetryk.com/blog/cyanide.html

Backyard Cyanide

Dis May 27

Spark
#gravity #apparel #cyanide #grapgicdesign #design #clothes #indigenous #phoenix #southwest #random #vibrant #heart #abstract #art #sketch

Punk Metal n Bowie Apr 29

This seemed important somehow:

I was 19 and on the trip of a lifetime – then I drank a cocktail laced with #methanol | Disability | The Guardian
Methanol is a type of #alcohol sometimes mixed into #bootleg liquor as a cheaper alternative to #ethanol. One mouthful can be deadly. As methanol metabolises in the body it creates harmful by-products: formaldehyde (used to embalm bodies), formate and formic acid, which attack nerves and organs and can lead to #blindness, #braindamage and death. #Formate is the main toxin that is produced and it acts like #cyanide by stopping energy production in cells, which causes depression of the central nervous system. There were large quantities of #methanol in King’s blood. The doctors were shocked, in the circumstances, that she had woken up at all in the hostel. In November last year, six tourists died in Laos from the suspected consumption of drinks laced with methanol.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/29/i-was-19-and-on-the-trip-of-a-lifetime-then-i-drank-a-cocktail-laced-with-methanol

I was 19 and on the trip of a lifetime – then I drank a cocktail laced with methanol

In a bar in Bali, Ashley King was given a lethal drink. A day later, she realised she was going blind. She thought all her dreams were over – but the reality proved very different

The Guardian

Dis Mar 18