Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Ecological Disaster In The Danube



Hungary Red Sludge Spill Has Reached Danube: MTI -- Reuters

(Reuters) - A toxic red sludge spill from an alumina plant in western Hungary had reached the Danube by midday on Thursday, a spokesman for Hungarian disaster crews was cited by national news agency MTI as saying.

Tibor Dobson told MTI there were no reports of fish dying in the Raba and Mosoni-Danube rivers which were hit by the spill earlier, but all fish had died in the smaller Marcal river.

He told Reuters earlier that crews were working to reduce the alkalinity of the spill which poured from a containment reservoir of an alumina plant on Monday.

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More News On Hungary's Ecological Disaster

Hungary: Toxic red sludge has reached the Danube -- Yahoo News/AP
Hungary toxic sludge spill reaches Danube -- Yahoo News/AFP
Hungarian toxic sludge reaches Danube river -- The Telegraph
Hungary toxic sludge reaches Danube branch -- The Guardian
Hungarian chemical sludge spill 'threatens Danube' -- BBC
Toxic Red Sludge Spill From Hungarian Aluminum Plant 'An Ecological Disaster' -- NPR
Hungary toxic mud flow reaches Moson-Danube -- Xinhuanet
Hungarian Towns Begin Cleanup of Nightmarish Red Sludge -- New York Times
'One year' to clean toxic spill in Hungary -- BBC

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