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World Wildlife Fund criticises Hungary over red sludge ‘inaction’
Sofia Echo A year after the red mud disaster in Hungary, the World Wildlife Fund has warned that little has been done to prevent further such catastrophes from occurring. On October 4 2010 more than one million cubic meters of … Continue reading
Posted in contamination, governance, Hungary, Pollution, The Danube River, transportation, tributary of the danube river, water security
Tagged Ajka, aluminium plant, Devecser, heavy metals, Kolontar, Somlovasarhely, The Marcal River, The Raba River, The Torna River, toxic mud, WWF, WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme
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World’s first five country protected area to conserve “Europe’s Amazon”
WWF Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia today signed a historic declaration to establish a trans-boundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve to protect their shared nature and wildlife along the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers, “Europe’s Amazon”. The declaration - signed during … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, biodiversity, Conservation, Croatia, culture, ecoregion, fish, flora and fauna, governance, heritage, Hungary, Serbia, slovenia, The Danube River, tourism, tributary of the danube river, Water, wetland, world water
Tagged Asamer Holding Company, beavers, black stork, EuroNatur, Jim Leape, little tern, Martin Schneider-Jacoby, MAVA Foundation, Mr Günter Liebel, Mr Jasen Mesić, Mr Oliver Dulić, Mr Roko Žarnić, Mr Sándor Fazekas, Mura-Drava-Danube Bioreserve, otters, sturgeons, The Coca Cola Company, The Drava River, The Mura River, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Wild Heart of Europe Award, WWF International Director General
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Hungary sludge plant ‘still a threat’, says Greenpeace
The BBC Waste water from a Hungarian aluminium plant still contains toxic chemicals that threaten a local river, despite a big clean-up there, Greenpeace says. The international environmental group has urged the EU to put pressure on the Hungarian government … Continue reading
Posted in contamination, Hungary, Pollution, The Danube River, tributary of the danube river
Tagged aluminium plant, arsenic, Balint Analitika, Central Danube Water Management Authority, greenpeace, Kolontar, MAL AG, The Marcal River, The Raba River, The Torna River, toxic chemicals, Vienna's Environmental Protection Agency
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Fears Hungary spill could turn into toxic cloud
Concern has been raised in Hungary that sunnier weather will turn the red sludge spill into a toxic dust cloud. Share this article
Hungary toxic spill - the trouble may not be over
by Pablo Gorondi for AP KOLONTAR, Hungary (AP) — The owners of the metals plant whose reservoir burst, flooding several towns in western Hungary with caustic red sludge, expressed their condolences Sunday to the families of the seven people killed, … Continue reading
Posted in contamination, Danube, Hungary, Pollution, The Danube River, tributary of the danube river
Tagged Ajka, aluminium production, Aluminium Production and Trade Company, ecological catastrophe, highly corrosive, Kolontar, MAL, red mud, reservoir, state of emergency, The Marcal River, The Raba River, Vas, Veszprem, Western Transdanubian Environmental Protection and Water Management authority, worst-ever chemical accident in Hungary
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First dead fish seen in Danube
AFP Budapest - The first dead fish have been sighted in Europe’s second-longest river, the Danube, following a spill of toxic mud in Hungary, a regional chief for the disaster relief services told AFP on Thursday. “I can confirm that … Continue reading
Hungary’s toxic sludge reminiscent of 2000 Romania disaster – but much worse
Ariel Zirulnick, for Christian Science Monitor Hungary’s toxic sludge disaster recalls – and dwarfs – a 2000 spill of 4.6 million cubic feet of cyanide-tainted water in neighboring Romania. The largest, most dangerous environmental disaster in Hungary’s history is unfolding … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, contamination, Danube, fish, fisheries, flora and fauna, Hungary, Pollution, romania, The Danube River, tributary of the danube river, water security, world water
Tagged aluminium production, Aluminium Production and Trade Company, arsenic, chromium, environmental disaster, greenpeace, heavy metals, long-term effects, red slurry, toxic sludge
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Toxic red sludge has reached the Danube
Attilla Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images KOLONTAR, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s most prestigious organization of scientists and researchers says tests of the red sludge flowing into the Danube show no dangerous heavy metal levels. The Hungarian Academy of Science says tests of samples … Continue reading
Posted in contamination, Danube, Hungary, Pollution, tributary of the danube river
Tagged Ajka, aluminium production, Aluminium Production and Trade Company, ecological catastrophe, Gyor-Moson-Sopron, highly corrosive, Kolontar, MAL, red mud, reservoir, state of emergency, The Marcal River, The Raba River, Vas, Veszprem, Western Transdanubian Environmental Protection and Water Management authority, worst-ever chemical accident in Hungary
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State of emergency in Hungary after toxic sludge kills four
AFP BUDAPEST — Hungary declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after a toxic mud spill killed four people and injured 120 in what officials described as Hungary’s worst-ever chemical accident. With eight people in serious condition and as many … Continue reading
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Tagged Ajka, aluminium production, Aluminium Production and Trade Company, ecological catastrophe, Gyor-Moson-Sopron, highly corrosive, Kolontar, MAL, red mud, reservoir, state of emergency, The Marcal River, The Raba River, Vas, Veszprem, Western Transdanubian Environmental Protection and Water Management authority, worst-ever chemical accident in Hungary
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