Major Chemical Spill in Hungary

On October 5, 2010 a major Eco disaster took place in Hungary, in the surrounding Budapest area, mostly impacting rural villages and towns. This disaster supposedly happened after a reservoir damn broke and an 2 meter high massive industrial wave flooded the areas and wiped away any materials in its way. This wave flooded many villages and left a number of streets and houses covered with red-sludge. Hundreds of helpless people were evacuated from villages from this terrible wave. This disaster has so far killed 4 people and injured a hundred others. This chemical wave is slowly spreading through surrounding countries including Serbia. There is also instant actions in how we can stop a terrible scene to happen. Some suggest dams while so suggest different types of ideas. In my opinion, safety measures are drastic because of this risky chemical combination. After all, this combination can potentially take away many lives and this is the fact that we are trying to cancel out. To conclude, this drastic chemical spill took place on October 5, 2010 in the surrounding villages of Budapest and has consisted of great attention. I certainly hope that drastic measures be held to prevent this spill from being a world wide issue.

In my opinion, I think this tragic event fits our topic of class in a couple of ways. Firstly, the chemical spill has a lot to do about chemicals and how they cope. This spill also represents the bad ways chemicals can influence our world. Secondly, this event can also combine with the upcoming essay about effects of harmful chemicals. I truly believe that this topic would be a perfect topic for elaborating on. Thirdly, this event elaborates more on compounds and safety measures that have to be taken when referred to chemicals. God knows when something like this could happen again, but much worse. Those are the times where we have to be ready, because as you have seen, chemicals can kill. To conclude, I personally think this video was very tragic but completed the necessary components of a chemical awareness video.

As I mentioned earlier, this video has much to do about chemical awareness, similar to the Blue Gold which is about water awareness. They both try to make the world a better place by taking action. The videos try to raise awareness about a certain topic that needs instant major attention.