Comments on: Just How Toxic Is That Hungarian Sludge?

By: Georg

Georg — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:11:37 +0000

You actually have to explain as to why you think the levels of As (110 mg/kg dry), Hg (1,3 mg/kg dry) and Cr (660 mg/kg dry)
No Bakker,
I havn’t. First that figures need to be proven by a really
neutral lab.
Georg

By: Micheal Little

Micheal Little — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:16:22 +0000

“Schuster says that Greenpeace’s figures suggest that the drinking water supplies of at least 100,000 people could be affected by potentially toxic levels, including inhabitants of the city of Györ downstream of the contaminated rivers. Exactly how fast and far the contamination will spread depends on the permeability of local soils — which scientists have not yet assessed.” From Nature news too – That is alot of people but I am not sure sure that it is as significant as people think.

By: Albert Bakker

Albert Bakker — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:41:44 +0000

2# Non sequitur.

You actually have to explain as to why you think the levels of As (110 mg/kg dry), Hg (1,3 mg/kg dry) and Cr (660 mg/kg dry) are not as high as Greenpeace found in their samples. I think you’re going to take a pretty lonely position.

Greenpeace’s speculation that other waste(s) may have been mixed with the sludge to explain the improbable high levels of these particular parameters (in particular As) seems to me not that far fetched. In fact it is not exactly unheard of even in European countries where environmental consciousness is in entirely different universe from Hungary and regulations are much more strict.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:02:10 +0000

Despite the attempt to pin all of this on capitalism and industry, most likely these dangerous waste management practices were left over from an earlier time.

By: Georg

Georg — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:24:37 +0000

Remember the tales (lies) “Greenpeace” told about Brent Spar?
They know the mechanisms of press and silliness of journalists.
That is all.
Consciousness? Not really! They lie for a good purpose.
Georg

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:15:18 +0000

Strongly alkaline materials are potentially quite useful, since they will spontaneously react with CO2 to form carbonates. You’d think they would have proposed bubbling someone’s stack gases through that lake to sequester CO2 and lower its pH.