Toxic Mud Flow in Indonesia

A villager loading bamboos for preparing a temporary dam as Lapindo dredges a canal to divert water flowing from the mudflow.
The mud flow in Sidoarjo Village is caused by a Lapindo Brantas Inc. gas exploration well. Otherwise known as ‘Lapindo mud’ the flow is a continuous eruption of mud and gas and is considered to be a mud volcano.
The dikes created to contain the mud flow are being quickly filled with mud and the threat to communities and to the environment around the disaster area is growing by the day. According to Greenpeace, the situation is slipping beyond control. They call on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to hold Lapindo and its shareholders, Bakrie Group, Santos of Australia and Medco Group, fully accountable for one of Indonesia's worst industrial disasters.