Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Toxic-Hungarian-Sludge-Flood-27MZIFIOB241.htmlConceptually similarToxic Hungarian Sludge FloodGP02AHMCompleted★★★★Toxic Hungarian Sludge FloodGP02AHOCompleted★★★★Informing Local People in HungaryGP027M3Completed★★★★Informing Local People in HungaryGP027M2Completed★★★★Toxic Sludge Victims in HungaryGP027LOCompleted★★★★Action at Almasfuzito Red Sludge Reservoir in HungaryGP02IS4Completed★★★★Action at Almasfuzito Red Sludge Reservoir in HungaryGP02IS2Completed★★★★Action at Almasfuzito Red Sludge Reservoir in HungaryGP02IS3Completed★★★★Toxic Sludge Damage in HungaryGP027LTCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP02AHNToxic Hungarian Sludge FloodA Greenpeace campaigner is taking a sample from the ditch where toxic red sludge is dumped into for further analysis. The sludge is comes from the alumina plant MAL whose reservoir broke and caused a toxic red sludge flood on 4th of October 2010, killing 10 and injuring dozens.Locations:Central Europe-Hungary-KolontárDate:26 Jan, 2011Credit:© Greenpeace / Bernd SchaudinnusMaximum size:1936px X 1288pxKeywords:Campaigners-Masks (protective)-Protective clothing-River dumping-Sampling (activity)-Toxics (campaign title)Shoot:Toxic Hungarian Sludge FloodGreenpeace campaigners inspect the bauxite storage basins at Kolontar that caused the toxic sludge flood on the 4th of October 2010. They discover that part of the toxic waste is being disposed right into a nearby ditch that leeds into the Kolontar creek on on into the Danube. Under current state of emergency laws this is not illegal. They take samples of the toxics that are fed into the ditch and of the hydrochloric acid used to neutralize the basic toxics.
