Approaching catastrophe near the Mátra Power Plant in Hungary? – video
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Locals blame the starch factory recently built by PM Viktor Orbán’s friend, Lőrinc Mészáros, for the toxic gases released near the Mátra Power Plant because of which many workers fell ill weeks ago, and the air is almost unbearable in the neighbourhood even today. Authorities say that there is nothing to worry about, but locals do not believe them.
The source of the toxic gases released – hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen monoxide, and phosphine – is the nearby technological water in the Őzse Valley water reservoir. However, such a problem has not been detected in the last half-century of the thermal power plant’s operation. But, in February 2019, a huge wheat processor and a starch factory were built next to the power plant (able to process 250 tons of wheat annually).
Both companies are owned by the Hungarian PM’s close friend,
the Hungarian entrepreneur whose wealth is increasing quicker than Mark Zuckerberg’s, Lőrinc Mészáros, Index and Atlatszo reported.
The starch factory is pouring its treated industrial wastewater containing large amounts of organic matter into the water reservoir of the Őzse Valley from where the power plant takes the technical water it uses, according to what locals say. Several weeks ago, a lot of the power plant’s workers became ill. They were complaining about respiratory problems, diarrhoea, eye irritation, headaches, nausea, and, interestingly, discolouration of their metal objects. The power plant’s gas analyzers detected dangerous concentrations of hydrogen sulfide and nitrogen monoxide while the Heves County Disaster Management Authority’s mobile laboratory identified phosphine contamination as well.