Toxic sludge from the alumina reservoir burst in western Hungary has not takeing the river via the Danube and Raba Mosoni Rivers, Which are part of the river's main tributary system, an official said on Saturday at noon.
Signs So Far Suggested That the flora and fauna of the Raba and Mosoni tributaries of the Danube, Europe's second-longest waterway, were still healthy, Tibor Dobson, Spokesman for the rescue operation, Told MTI at noon on Saturday. Wildlife of the Danube Itself Also Appears To Be coping, they added.
HOWEVER, the Entire Life of the river, Marcal, a minor Which river flows into the tributary system That feeds the Danube, has wiped out Been Due to Contamination on the spill EARLIER this week.
The red mud Which residue escaped from the reservoir of an alumina plant in western Hungary on Monday, claiming at Least Four lives and damaging over 280 homes, flowed into the Raba and the Mosoni branch on Friday morning, Dobson said.
They added the pH level That Would not have to go below 9 before the river ecology Could Be declared safe.
At noon the Marcal's pH value Increased Thurs 1912 while the Raba's Measured and the 9.6 branch Mosoni 9.4, Dobson said.
EARLIER, Concentrated Efforts were being a Further diluting the highly alkaline sludge before it ENTERED the Danube running downstream to the Black Sea.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban was briefed in the sludge-hit village of Kolontar early on Friday, and they Took a tour of the village to see for Himself the Damage wreaked by the torrent of toxic waste.
That Orban said it was likely more than just Human Error That was Thurs blame for the torrent of sludge That Destroyed Part of the village and Damaged the Surrounding area. They Said it Would Be Necessary Thurs Establish and WHO was the Responsible Residents Will Have to be compensated.
The toxic red sludge residue Escaping from a reservoir of the alumina plant of AJKA Three flooded localities - Kolontar, Devecser and Somlovasarhely - on Monday afternoon, killing at Least Four People, and badly damaging over 280 houses. Over 150 People Have Been TDAE in Various hospitals and several are still in a critical condition, Mainly Due to Chemical Burns. Three people are still the registered as missing.
Hans-Peter Hutter, an Austrian expert, Told Der Standard on Friday That the concentration of heavy metal is Crucial in Determining Whether the pollutant, evangelical in Diluted form, is a health hazard Thurs. Hutter said his Vienna-based Institute of Environmental Health is Working Together with Hungarian Authorities are monitoring the situation.
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