Bulgaria: No Pollution of Danube from Hungary Toxic Sludge

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Bulgaria: Bulgaria: No Pollution of Danube from Hungary Toxic Sludge A picture made available 12 October 2010 shows a soldier cleaning the protective gear of his comrade with water in Devecser, 164 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, 10 October 2010. Photo by EPA/BGNES

Probes have shown that the toxic sludge spill in Hungary has not polluted the waters in the Bulgarian part of the Danube River, Bulgaria's Regional Inspectorate for Environment and Waters (RIOSV) has announced.

The probes have been analyzed Monday evening in the Regional laboratory to the Executive Agency on Environment and Water in the Bulgarian northern city of Montana.

"The water is not polluted from the accident in Hungary," Denitsa Slavkova, Head of RIOSV, said, adding that more probes will be taken Tuesday and Wednesday.

In the meantime, Hungary have begun a procedure on nationalizing the alumina plant whose reservoir broke last week and spilled 700 000 cu m of toxic red sludge, which killed 8 people and injured about 150 more.

On Monday, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban announced the arrest of Zoltan Bakonyi, the chief executive of the plant. He has been taken in ofr questioning by the police.

The toxic sludge reached the Danube River on Thursday. However, Hungarian officials have stated that the pH level was normal and there was no danger of pollution.

Following Hungary's request for help, five EU experts have arrived in the sludge-flooded country to help limit the consequences of the toxic spill.

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Tags: Hungary, sludge, Danube River, Montana, Viktor Orban

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