Friday, October 8, 2010

Hit And Run News Roundup

Microscopic Combo Suspected in Killing Bees.  Scientists Believe the Combination of a Virus and Parasite is the Probable Cause of Large, Mysterious, Bee Die-Off.

Hungarian chemical sludge spill reaches DanubeToxic red sludge from a spill at an industrial plant in Hungary has reached the River Danube, officials say.




PM Viktor Orban called the spill an "ecological tragedy". There are fears the mud, which burst out of a reservoir on Monday, could poison the Danube.


Countries downstream from Hungary, including Croatia, Serbia and Romania, are drawing up emergency plans.
And:
Disaster official Tibor Dobson said all life in the Marcal river, which feeds the Danube, had been "extinguished".


The BBC's Nick Thorpe in western Hungary says news that the spill has now reached the Danube is worrying.

Government withholding key data on Gulf seafood testing, scientists say

D.C. Internet Vote Scheme Hacker: 'Within 36 Hours We Had Total Control of Server, Ability to Change Votes, Reveal Secret Ballots'

1st extinction event: Leaked CERN documents state LHC has 70% chances to produce strangelets on 11/9 

Airstrikes in north, central Gaza injure 5

Lou Dobbs' Undocumented Workers

US Banks Fake Documents to Rush Foreclosures

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