Sodium cyanide is a compound that is highly toxic and potentially extremely dangerous. It usually takes the form of a white powder – the Solong, it has been confirmed, was carrying no sodium ...

At first, concerns were raised over the potential spillage of hazardous chemicals into the North Sea, with the cargo vessel thought to be carrying 15 containers of sodium cyanide, a chemical that ...

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration has reauthorized use of sodium cyanide in wildlife-killing devices called M-44s. These “cyanide bombs” received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

The Immaculate was set ablaze while moored at Grimsby Port. The tanker was transporting volatile substances including sodium cyanide, a highly toxic material that, alarmingly, interferes with the ...

M-44s, or “cyanide bombs,” are one of the most horrifying methods the program uses for its indiscriminate killing. These inhumane traps spray sodium cyanide into the faces of unsuspecting wildlife ...

It comes nearly eight months after a major incident was declared when up to 4,000 litres (879 gallons) of sodium cyanide and other chemicals leaked into a 12-mile (19km) stretch of the canal.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Sodium cyanide cylinders dumped a few metres from where lorry ferrying them overturned in ...

M-44s are baited, spring-activated devices that contain deadly sodium cyanide. When an animal, attracted by the bait, pulls on the poisoned trap, the M-44 propels sodium cyanide into his or her mouth, ...

PRAGUE, March 31 (Reuters) - Czech chemicals maker Draslovka expects expansion into the battery supply chain to generate more than a third of its gross earnings within five years as demand for ...

There are no containers of sodium cyanide onboard a ship involved in a crash in the North Sea, its owner said. Shipping company Ernst Russ said Solong has empty containers previously used to transport ...

Cyanide also preferentially binds to the ferric ion of methemoglobin, but endogenous concentrations of methemoglobin are quite low. The mechanism of action of amyl nitrite and sodium nitrite as ...