BBC news
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11475361
On October 5, 2010 toxic sludge spilled out of an aluminum plant in Hungary. According to experts 600,000 to 700,000 cubic meters of the sludge leaked out of the plant. The heavy rainfall is suspected to have caused the plant to overflow. This event has killed at least four, has injured 120, and has effected 7,000. The chemicals consist of water and heavy metals. Also 90 people have been sent to the hospital with serious chemical burns from the chemicals in the sludge. So far three countries have declared emergency. In the town where the spill took place the chemical waste is said to be two meters deep. Right now, six emergency teams along with police officers and soldiers are working hard to get rid of this hazardous waste. There have been alerts for the Marcal and Torna rivers and people are trying to keep the sludge from contaminated the Raba and Danube rivers. Experts have predicted that the spill will take at least eighteen months to clean up.
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