Disaster in Hungary (50 pics)

Will er ever learn? Don't beton it.

It's no Chernobyl, but apparently the sludge is so toxic it can burn through denim.

gives em a little adversity

Damn. How much stored in one place? ridiculous. Look at the high toxic liquid mark, wow.

I can't believe that they would build the walls that high..it's just insane making mistakes like all are goverments are doing...

in that case you should jump in jimbo

Maybe it'll give you superpowers moron, since you've taken to trolling my comments.

damn

Four people, including a three-year child died, one hundred and twenty injured on Monday when the Hungarian Aluminium Production and Trade red mud reservoir damaged. Thousands of cubic meters of toxic red mud spilled into the nature because of dam bursted. There is disaster in the region, still looking for four missing people. The water of Tolna swelled the stream of sludge, so the settlements along creek Tolna has been compromised. The flood inundated three settlements: Devecser, Kolontar and Somlovasarhely. The red mud - a byproduct of alumina production - is corrosive material. Heavy metal getting into airways is digestive tract induce toxic.

Elements of the red mud:

- Fe2O3: 40-45%
- Al2O3: 10-15%
- SiO2: 10-15%
- CaO: 6-10%
- Tio2: 4-5%
- Na2O: 5-6%

the first pic made me remember chernobyl.

Industry suck !

can't be good. Long term effects will probably be seen for years to come.

Iguana,

and the mud's pH is 13!

Great followup post Iguana! +1

2fuzzy, thx


justratedR, it's true, the mud's pH is very high - and the skin contact is dangerous and painful

so sad that how many morons are in the government and built that shit... cause one of my best friend died there...

I think that's exactly what we deserve, to die in the sludge of our own crap.
Those who are responsible for it anyways...most people don't even get a say of what goes on.

This is going to take years to clean up.

Serious shit.

how did that fish get on that car windshield?

staggering to see this pictures,this news on this site.
i'm Hungarian.

Apari: I am willing to bet the 3 year old child who died had nothing to do with it.

an injured died in the hospital
two dead body was found near Devecser

seven people have died so far

edit: eight people died

edit: nine people died