Hungary toxic sludge spill.
Toxic waste case study= Hungary toxic spill.
On October 4th 2010, a reservoir filled with sludge by-product alumina production burst, releasing a large deluge of sludge into the town. Killing ten and injuring hundreds of other people. The barriers of the reservoir were thought to break because of the clay shifting and letting the barrier slip.
Effects
· The toxic waste contained heavy metals including lead and was also slightly radioactive. Contact with the sludge would result in burns, and several injured people suffered eye damage. Up to forty square kilometers of land was affected by the spill. Among the dead were two dead children who only one and three years old.
Response
· The Hungarian officials poured tonnes of plaster into the sludge flow to prevent it from going downstream, because if it did, a large connection of rivers would have been affected. Also the Hungarian army arrived and help wash out the streets and houses.
· The torrent of mud was so powerful that it flipped cars over, ripped away walls and windows. Close to three hundred houses and buildings were damaged, as well as eight hundred hectares of farmland being destroyed. A lot of the land’s soil needs to be changed. Over two hundred million gallons of the sludge came out of the reservoir.
On October 4th 2010, a reservoir filled with sludge by-product alumina production burst, releasing a large deluge of sludge into the town. Killing ten and injuring hundreds of other people. The barriers of the reservoir were thought to break because of the clay shifting and letting the barrier slip.
Effects
· The toxic waste contained heavy metals including lead and was also slightly radioactive. Contact with the sludge would result in burns, and several injured people suffered eye damage. Up to forty square kilometers of land was affected by the spill. Among the dead were two dead children who only one and three years old.
Response
· The Hungarian officials poured tonnes of plaster into the sludge flow to prevent it from going downstream, because if it did, a large connection of rivers would have been affected. Also the Hungarian army arrived and help wash out the streets and houses.
· The torrent of mud was so powerful that it flipped cars over, ripped away walls and windows. Close to three hundred houses and buildings were damaged, as well as eight hundred hectares of farmland being destroyed. A lot of the land’s soil needs to be changed. Over two hundred million gallons of the sludge came out of the reservoir.