Shocking safety lapses exposed by the deadly Hungary toxic sludge spill could be repeated at thousands of industrial sites around the world unless regulations are tightened dramatically, campaigners have warned.
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Groups: Spills could occur elsewhere
Workers in Hungary were racing Tuesday to build three emergency dams to stem an expected second toxic spill from an aluminum plant.
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2nd toxic spill feared as new dams built
Hey look, a country where they actually punish negligent businessmen: Hungary has arrested the managing director of the company whose reservoir leaked 200 million gallons of a toxic red sludge into three nearby villages, killing eight people. The man,…
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Hungary Makes Spill Arrest
The managing director of the company whose reservoir unleashed a flood of red sludge last week has been arrested, Hungary’s prime minister announced.
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Company Head Arrested Over Sludge Torrent in Hungary
The head of the company at the center of a toxic spill in Hungary has been taken in for questioning by the National Bureau of Investigation, police say.
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Exec questioned in toxic mud spill
The chief executive of the industrial plant at the centre of the toxic sludge spill in Hungary has been taken in for questioning by police.
EU experts are to begin work in Hungary to assess the toxic sludge spill as officials try to lessen the impact of an “inevitable” new reservoir collapse.
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EU experts to tackle toxic sludge
The death toll following the spill of a large amount of toxic red sludge from an industrial plant in western Hungary has risen to seven, officials say.
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Hungary sludge death toll rises
The BBC’s Duncan Kennedy joined clean-up teams in western Hungary to see the extent of the damage caused when a resevoir burst at an alumina plant in Ajka burst.
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‘You can’t escape from the toxic mud’
Experts tackling Hungary’s toxic red sludge say Friday will be a crucial day, amid fears that warming weather could spread poisons by air.
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‘Crucial day’ for Danube sludge
The toxic red sludge that leaked from an aluminum plant reservoir in Hungary reached the Danube, Europe’s second-longest river, on Thursday.
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Toxic sludge spill reaches Danube River
Environmental officials are hopeful that the toxicity will be diluted as it mixes with river water.
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Hungarian Sludge Nears Danube
The red chemical sludge that has caused Hungary’s worst ecological disaster threatens to flow into the Danube, officials say.
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Hungary sludge ‘threatens Danube’
Workers searched for six people missing at Kolontar, one of three villages in Hungary hit this week by a wave of toxic red sludge from a plant reservoir that burst.
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Workers poke through sludge in search of victims
Wave of toxic red sludge turned picturesque villages into red-tinged towns out of science-fiction horror films.
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Hungarians Raced to Escape Oozing Sludge
