Cyanide found on site of new elderly care home ‘no risk’
PUBLIC health officials say traces of cyanide found on the site of a new elderly care home in North Yorkshire pose no danger to the public.
Tests showed the poison was present in a field in Leyburn where a 53-apartment extra-care scheme will be built, although the source is unknown.
The complex is being developed by Broadacres Housing Association in partnership with North Yorkshire County Council and Richmondshire District Council.
A Broadacres spokesman said a small amount of cyanide had been discovered but there was “absolutely no risk to the public” and it would be removed as part of work on the site off Harmby Road.
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