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stain. it seems very similar to the deep water horizon spill in the gulf of mix coin terms of impact in recent memory. the amount of material released is roughly equivalent in both spills. after rushing through the town, the wave of destruction subsides. the damage is immense. people in their homes, mostly in the village of kolontar, lost their lives due to drowning and about 150 other people were caught up in the red mud and needed hospital attention due to exposure to you the caustic alkaline or the red mud. and the land could be irreparably harmed. as recovery efforts drag on in the months following, dr. burke travels to hungary and witnesses the aftermath firsthand. we went back primarily to recover samples from the repository and from the affected parts of the environment to look at what happens to red mud that is being left in the soil and what possible hazards are involved with that.
and this environmental catastrophe is all caught on camera. october 4th, 2010. at an aluminum plant in hungary, a breach in the wall of a containment dam releases 35 million cubic feet of toxic, red sludge. when the red mud was released, it created a flood that moved in the valley extremely rapidly. boxite residue, traditionally known as red mud, is a byproduct of the aluminum creation process. to dispose of this red mud, it is normally dried and then covered with soil and grass. but today, it pours down on hundreds of unsuspecting citizens. the unstoppable rush of waste hits one town particularly hard. a tsunami-like wave moved on the valley and rose to a height of approximately two meters, especially in the village nearest to the spill site.
from caustic burns. and the full extent of the disaster remains unknown. the first time that a major spill has happened with this material. and this environmental catastrophe is all caught on camera. october 4th, 2010. at an aluminum plant in hungary, a breach in the wall of a containment dam releases 35 million cubic feet of toxic, red sludge. when the red mud was released, it created a flood that moved down the valley extremely rapidly. boxite residue, traditionally known as red mud, is a byproduct of the aluminum creation process. to dispose of this red mud, it is normally dried and then covered with soil and grass. but today, it pours down on hundreds of unsuspecting citizens. the unstoppable rush of waste hits one town particularly hard. a tsunami-like wave moved on do you know the valley and rose to a height of approximately two
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