tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91468121914578016562012-02-16T18:41:12.113-08:00A flood of caustic red mud triggered a state of emergency declaration by Hungarian officials. At least four people were killed, six were missing and 120 injured, many with burns.June66http://www.blogger.com/profile/18381332047563315906noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146812191457801656.post-42659014109711792272010-11-07T20:58:00.000-08:002010-11-07T20:58:58.134-08:00

The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visited Kolontar, the site of the spill on Thursday and said there was no point in even removing the rubble from part of the village as it was impossible to live there again, according to the article below. The toxic spill of red sludge from the alumina plant reservoir was an ecological disaster and has now reached the Danube River, prompting yet more

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If a Canadian researcher has his way, the red mud that caused disaster last week could turn very useful indeed. According to the article below, Marcel Schlaf, a chemistry professor at the University of Guelph believes that red mud could help transform bio oil derived from plant waste into fuel or into something usable that could be used to make anything from ceramics to cement.     ...  June --

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The toxic red sludge that spilled from an aluminum plant in western Hungary into several villages and then flowed to the Danube River two weeks ago will inevitably pose certain risks for the Black Sea, according to Professor Faruk Yorulmaz from Trakya University in the article below. He also cautioned that the toxic materials are also mixing into the air via dust and pose a major health risk for

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 According to the article below, authorities say cracks in the walls of a broken reservoir that released a deluge of toxic red sludge on several towns have not grown any wider, and a mayor says he hopes a state of alert can be called off. Gallons of caustic sludge and water burst from a storage pool of a metals plant.  Authorities fear that if the cracks widen and the wall falls, it could

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According to the following article, the managing director of the company whose reservoir unleashed a lethal torrent of red sludge on three villages last week has been arrested. Apparently, there is cause to suspect that there were people aware of the dangerous weakening of the storage walls. I'm very much afraid that there are likely many other similar storage facilities in the same state of

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 According to the article below, workers race to build an emergency dam in western Hungary as cracks in the reservoir widen, threatening to unleash a second torrent of toxic sludge. One of the biggest fears with any new spill is the danger that it could reach the Danube River. The toxicity in that main European waterway could spread it far and wide.     . . . June -----------------------

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 The rest of the collapsed reservoir is apparently in imminent danger of collapsing, according to the article below, sending a new wave of caustic red sludge into towns devastated by a deluge this week. The nearest town has already been evacuated. This is really a great disaster, but it frightens me to think that there must be many other toxic waste facilities which are also in great danger of

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According to the following article, relief efforts aren't going well following the toxic mud floods from the burst reservoir in Hungary. Residents of the nearby towns and villages are finding it increasingly hard to cope with the damages. Five people were killed, at least 150 injured, and three people are still missing while several hundred more left homeless after the red tide crashed through

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 How horrible to be suddenly confronted by a tide of toxic sludge which burns through your clothes. That's what these villagers in Hungary  were faced with. According to the article below, the flood of caustic red mud triggered a state of emergency declaration by Hungarian officials. At least four people were killed, six were missing and 120 injured, many with burns. Hundreds were evacuated.    

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