http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11481740

 

The spill flooded homes, roads and fields with toxic waste

Hungary says it will cost tens of millions of dollars and take at least a year to clean up the damage caused by a spill of toxic, red industrial sludge.

 

 

Scary toxic spill is scary. :stunned: Eek.

It's awful, I've just seen it on the news.

Unbelievable.

heavy metals wastes... :stunned:

:o

 

damn

That's absolutely horrible, it looks freaking cool though.

heavy metals wastes... :stunned:

 

Ouch! Srs business!

They say is now near River Danube, so it may affect more countries soon.

It'll take more than a year to clean the waste in the most affected areas and people has moved they don't want to live there anymore.

The environment is always the victim.

HUNGARIAN CHEMICAL SLUDGE SPILL REACHES DANUBE

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11491412

 

7 October 2010 Last updated at 15:53 GMT

 

HUNGARIAN CHEMICAL SLUDGE SPILL REACHES DANUBE

 

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban: "It's a serious ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE"

 

Toxic red sludge from a spill at an industrial plant in Hungary has REACHED the RIVER DANUBE, officials say.

 

They said alkaline levels that killed all fish in one river were now greatly reduced, but were being monitored.

 

PM Viktor Orban called the spill an "ecological tragedy". There are fears the MUD, which burst out of a reservoir on Monday, could POISON the DANUBE.

 

Countries downstream from Hungary, including Croatia, Serbia and Romania, are drawing up emergency plans.

 

A million cubic metres (35m cubic feet) of the sludge spilled from a reservoir at an alumina plant in Ajka in western Hungary. Four people were killed about 100 injured.

 

The mud also caused massive damage in nearby villages and towns, as well as a wide swathe of farmland.

 

Disaster official Tibor Dobson said ALL LIFE in the MARCAL RIVER, which feeds the Danube, had been "EXTINGUISHED".

 

The BBC's Nick Thorpe in western Hungary says news that the SPILL HAS NOW REACHED the DANUBE is worrying.

 

There are reports of DEAD FISH being spotted IN the RABA and DANUBE rivers.

 

The victims are believed to have drowned, with the depth of the fast-moving flood reaching 2m (6.5ft) in places, but many of those injured suffered CHEMICAL BURNS.

 

Herwit Schuster, a spokesman for GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL, described the spill as "ONE OF THE TOP THREE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS IN EUROPE IN THE LAST 2O OR 30 YEARS".

 

Land had been "polluted and destroyed for a long time", he told AP.

 

"If there are substances like ARSENIC and MERCURY, that would affect RIVER SYSTEMS and GROUND WATER on LONG-TERM basis," he added.

 

Read more following the above link.

 

It is ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. :wreck:

Poor fishes :(