68 dead fish found after contaminated water discharge from Yukon mine disaster site

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68 dead fish found after contaminated water discharge from Yukon mine disaster site
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WHITEHORSE — Yukon government officials say 68 dead fish have been found after an ore slide and discharge of cyanide contaminated water from the Eagle Gold...

WHITEHORSE — Yukon government officials say 68 dead fish have been found after an ore slide and discharge of cyanide contaminated water from the Eagle Gold mine site.

Brendan Mulligan, a senior scientist with Yukon's environment department, says there's "clear evidence" of groundwater contamination, though samples with the highest concentrations of cyanide, up to 10,000 times above aquatic life guidelines, are being "contained on-site.

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