Toxic sludge spill could happen elsewhere, campaigners warn
(CNN) — Shocking safety lapses exposed by the deadly Hungary toxic sludge spill could be repeated at thousands of industrial sites around the world unless regulations are tightened dramatically, campaigners have warned. With eight people dead so far and hundreds of villagers evacuated near an aluminium plant at Ajka, 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of Budapest, experts said they believed the spillage of 1,000,000 cubic meters of toxic red sludge from a ruptured dam was a disaster waiting to happen. The WWF on Monday published a photo taken, the environmental pressure group said, in June and showing one of the pools of sludge…
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