Kyrgyzstan's Kumtor gold mine had only been in operation for months when one of its supply trucks crashed through a bridge, dumping more than a ton of toxic sodium cyanide into the Barskaun River. More than 2,500 people were poisoned.
The 1998 accident cost the mine $4.5 million in reparations and set the tone for years of discord between Kumtor's Canadian owners and local Kyrgyz who say the mine has not done enough to compensate for environmental damage.
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