A city in Hungary called Devescer was declared in a state of emergency when red toxic goo from an aluminum plant flooded the large town. Two women, a man and a three year old child were killed when the town flooded and the red byproduct of aluminum production got in contact with 120 other people and burned through clothing and into skin. 35 million cubic feet of the sludge has leaked from the reservoir and has contaminated and estimated 15 square miles. Plaster has been poured in the Danube river to bind with the goo and keep it from spreading and killing other river ecosystems. This is definitely in my view one of the worst ecological disasters caused by manufacturing other than the BP oil spill, in the last year. 10/19/10
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101005/ap_on_he_me/eu_hungary_sludge_flood
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