Poison yet to reach Danube in Serbia

Toxic substances from the Hungarian aluminum plant waste spill that reached the Danube on Thursday have not reached Serbia yet, it has been announced.

Izvor: B92

Friday, 08.10.2010.

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Toxic substances from the Hungarian aluminum plant waste spill that reached the Danube on Thursday have not reached Serbia yet, it has been announced. The situation is similar in Croatia. Both countries lie downstream from the environmental catastrophe that hit Hungary earlier this week. Poison yet to reach Danube in Serbia Serbian police (MUP) Emergency Sector chief Predrag Matic said that the situation concerning the river was being constantly monitored, including the amount and content of toxins. The first water samples were taken near the Hungarian border, at Bezdan. The results will be known tomorrow. Maric told B92 that authorities did not expect to find increased levels of toxins in the river at this point. "There could be a certain amount (of poison) in the Danube early next week, and we'll see how much," he said. In Croatia, officials expect the situation to worsen in the next few days, with the level of contamination reaching its peak in "two to three days, or a week". In Belgrade, a parliamentary committee met today to consider what emergency actions Serbia should take to combat the effects of the spill. The committee said that authorities were reacting in a timely and adequate manner, and that citizens had no cause for concern. The BBC reports that pollution levels in the Danube from Hungary's toxic sludge spill have declined. Emergency workers have been pouring huge quantities of clay and acid into streams to neutralize it. But there are now fears toxins from drying sludge could be spread through the air, says the BBC. A million cubic meters of sludge spilled from a reservoir at an alumina plant in Ajka, western Hungary, killing four and injuring about 100. A scarecrow is seen in a yard flooded by toxic mud in Devecser, Hungary (Beta/AP)

Poison yet to reach Danube in Serbia

Serbian police (MUP) Emergency Sector chief Predrag Matić said that the situation concerning the river was being constantly monitored, including the amount and content of toxins.

The first water samples were taken near the Hungarian border, at Bezdan. The results will be known tomorrow. Marić told B92 that authorities did not expect to find increased levels of toxins in the river at this point.

"There could be a certain amount (of poison) in the Danube early next week, and we'll see how much," he said.

In Croatia, officials expect the situation to worsen in the next few days, with the level of contamination reaching its peak in "two to three days, or a week".

In Belgrade, a parliamentary committee met today to consider what emergency actions Serbia should take to combat the effects of the spill. The committee said that authorities were reacting in a timely and adequate manner, and that citizens had no cause for concern.

The BBC reports that pollution levels in the Danube from Hungary's toxic sludge spill have declined.

Emergency workers have been pouring huge quantities of clay and acid into streams to neutralize it.

But there are now fears toxins from drying sludge could be spread through the air, says the BBC.

A million cubic meters of sludge spilled from a reservoir at an alumina plant in Ajka, western Hungary, killing four and injuring about 100.

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