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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.