Hungary Toxic Sludge

[james_tigerwoods]

This has made the news - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11475361

But I'm confused - why was there a lake of sludge at all and just there and right next to a river?

[69 coupe]

Tescos Red Wine bottling plant?

[james_tigerwoods]

69 coupe said:

Tescos Red Wine bottling plant?

Aldis - Given the cat piss I drank from there the other evening.

[thinfourth2]

HUNGRY TOXIC SLUDGE


Oh my god its an alien


Oh


Hungary

Boring

[Magog]

I don't think it is right next to a river, that large body of water nearest the camera is another 'settling pond' type thing.

[MX7]

If it's that toxic, that town looks screwed.

[munroman]

MX7 said:

If it's that toxic, that town looks screwed.

You can take it as red that it is screwed!

[crmcatee]

maybe the popes visiting next week and they're just getting the red carpet put out for him.

[ShadownINja]

thinfourth2 said:

HUNGRY TOXIC SLUDGE


Oh my god its an alien


Oh


Hungary

Boring

That was how I read it first.

[singlecoil]

Presumably this factory carried on producing whatever it does, and the unfortunate byproduct was stored somewhere while those responsible hoped the problem it was causing would just go away. I suppose, in a sense, that's what it's done.

Perhaps now they will repair the broken bank and carry on.

[Ikemi]

"The sludge - a mixture of water and mining waste containing heavy metals"

Is it really that toxic?

[Fittster]

Ikemi said:

"The sludge - a mixture of water and mining waste containing heavy metals"

Is it really that toxic?

"The sludge is a strong alkali, meaning it will cause burns when it comes into contact with the skin, and can damage lungs and the digestive system if it is ingested. This may cause death."

&

"Four people are known to have died, and 120 were injured. Six more are missing."

[Ikemi]

Fittster said:

Ikemi said:

"The sludge - a mixture of water and mining waste containing heavy metals"

Is it really that toxic?

"The sludge is a strong alkali, meaning it will cause burns when it comes into contact with the skin, and can damage lungs and the digestive system if it is ingested. This may cause death."

&

"Four people are known to have died, and 120 were injured. Six more are missing."

Ah. I must admit the article I read had no information in regards to the effects of the toxic sludge, so the above paragraph made it sound fairly tame.

[Pesty]

Apparently people were wading up to their necks to save stuff from houses relatives etc etc. They have quite bad burns over everywhere that got 'wet'