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a Gyulafehérvári Táblabíróságon az aranyosbányai bányavállalat ellen az
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büntetést rónak ki, mivel az nem jelentette be a balesetet. A legutóbbi
mérések azt mutatják, hogy a szivárgás következményeinek legnagyobb részét
megszüntették. Az ügynökség képviselôi szerint az aranyosbányai baleset a
kezdeti becsléseknél nagyobb mértékben volt érezhetô. A környezetvédelmi
szakemberek létrehoztak egy testületet, amely sürgôs intézkedéseket hozott
a szennyezés megállítására, a vezetékeket pedig újraszigetelték,
megakadályozva ezzel minden szivárgást.
http://www.hhrf.org/nepujsag/
ROMANIAN RIVER POLLUTED BY CYANIDE.
The Siret River in northeastern Romania has been polluted by cyanide, with
levels 130 times above the norm being registered in its waters and
thousands of fish dead. Romanian Radio on 19 January said the pollution
was caused by the Falticeni-based Metadet company, whose industrial wastes
infested the Siret tributary Somuzul-Mare. Last year, a Baia Mare-based
company in northwestern Romania caused severe pollution of the Tisa
(Tisza) River and the Danube. MS
Romania Reports River Pollution With Cyanide
BUCHAREST, Jan 19, 2001 -- (Reuters) Government officials said on Friday
that toxic waste containing cyanide had spilled into a river in
northeastern Romania, killing fish and posing a health hazard in the area.
The incident occurred on Wednesday when the contents of a storage tank at
the Medatet SA chemical factory in Falticeni, 400 km (250 miles) northeast
of Bucharest, filled with cyanhydric acetone, spread accidentally through
a rain gutter into a tributary of the Siret river.
"Samples of water taken from various areas of the Siret show
concentrations of cyanide ranging from 0.05 milligrams per litre to four
milligrams a liter, this compared with the European Union's admitted
levels of 0.005 milligrams," a senior Environment Ministry official told
Reuters.
The plant had been closed since last year.
Independent daily newspaper Adevarul said on Friday the leakage had caused
the death of several tons of fish on a long stretch of the river.
It also said that some of the poisoned fish might have found its way to
local markets. "The poisoned fish could cause serious kidney, liver and
blood diseases," Adevarul quoted environment inspector Neculaie Trinca as
saying.
Trinca said environmental experts had teamed with local authorities to
prevent a health disaster. Local residents were advised not to use water
from the river or wells.
River Pollution Kills Fish In Bihor County In Romania
BUDAPEST, Nov 3, 2000 -- (BBC Monitoring) Another ecological disaster
happened in Romania. In the town of Beiu of Bihor County, an unknown
chemical substance completely killed off the fish stock of the Nyimest
[phonetic] stream.
The stream, through the Koeroes, runs into the Hungarian section of the
River Tisza.
[Reporter] Although the catastrophe took place yesterday, the bank of the
Nyimest stream is still full of dead fish. The bluish-green non-organic
material got into the water from a drainage system at the upper section of
the stream. The poison probably comes from a shoe factory which is in
Italian ownership.
[Local resident] We are very shocked by seeing the dead fish everywhere.
Since the pollution of Baia Mare [cyanide poisoning from the local gold
mine] we are very weary if these events and we are cross with these
companies.
[Another local] The local Gypsies picked up the fish in bags and ate them,
but they are fine, nothing happened to them.
[Reporter] Reports so far show that the pollution only affected a smaller
section, some 400-500 m, of the stream, thus, it is not likely that it
will affect the Fekete Koeroes [Hungarian river].
[Gheorge Constantin, head of department in the Romanian Environment
Protection and Water Management Ministry, in Romanian, with Hungarian
translation superimposed] The ministry is aware of the pollution. Workers
of the Environment Protection Institute took samples at six places,
however, we could not determine the composition of the material. What is
certain that the water cleared up within a couple of hours, the
concentrate was diluted, thus it cannot spread any further into the bigger
rivers.
[Reporter] The Hungarian authorities made contact with the Romanian party.
According to information, it is indeed a small-scale pollution which is
not going to spread further. The process of cleaning up the stream has
started and analysis of the water will take four days.
Source: Duna TV satellite service, Budapest, in Hungarian 1600 GMT 2 Nov
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Effluents from Mine Expected to Contaminate Szamos River
hd: Budapest, 25 July (MTI) - A broken pipeline handling effluent water at
a mine in Baia Mare, Romania, released a large amount of polluted water
into tributaries of several Hungarian waterways on Monday morning. The
Water Management of the Upper Tisza River Region of Hungary has asked for
details on the expected pollution from the Water Management Office of
Cluj (Kolozsvár), deputy manager of the Hungarian Region Gaspar Bodnar told MTI.
According to information currently available, the pipe has since been
repaired. The pollutants were diluted in Romanian waterways and are now
below the level qualified as hazardous.
The contaminated water is likely to enter Hungary on Wednesday morning,
Bodnar reported. A water monitoring service is in effect along the Szamos
and Tisza Rivers of Hungary, and regular measurements are being taken. +++
Romanian Chemical Plant Leaks Ammonia
"RFE/RL Newsline," 13 March 2000
A chemical plant in southern Romania was reported to have leaked
concentrations of ammonia that exceeded local safety standards on 15
March, AP reported the next day. While the Romanian Environment Ministry
said the leak was about 1.5 times above the safety level, Bulgarian
authorities said it reached 3.6 times the acceptable level. Meanwhile, a
German Environment Ministry official on a visit to Romania said local
environmental organizations had told her there are some 55 "environmental
time bombs" similar to the one that caused a recent heavy metal spill in
the Tisza River, MTI reported (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 13 March 2000). VG
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Unfolding environmental disasters: 
Part Esmaralda & part Romanian Gov. owned Gold Plant in Transylvania, near Nagy Bánya (Baia Mare)