Official information: 16/07/2007 near a 17 hour in ukrainian village Ojydiv 6 cisterns with yellow phosphorus got off from a railway way and they blazed up. Firemen extinguished and localized a fire near hour.
Unofficial information: 17/07/2007 Other 2 cisterns with yellow phosphorus burst.
Photos of accident:
http://unian.net/ukr/news/news-203701.html Photos of such type of cistern:
http://zaxid.net/images/news/full/ArticleImage_5_3030.jpghttp://zaxid.net/images/news/full/ArticleImage_1_3030.jpghttp://zaxid.net/images/news/full/ArticleImage_2_3030.jpghttp://zaxid.net/images/news/full/ArticleImage_3_3030.jpghttp://zaxid.net/images/news/full/ArticleImage_4_3030.jpghttp://zaxid.net/images/news/full/ArticleImage_6_3030.jpgVideo, where you can see toxic cloud:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjEFpyjHcnMPhotos of toxic clouds
http://stryi.com.ua/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&Itemid=1&id=54517/07/2007 Phosphorus does not burn anymore.
18/07/2007 Ukrainian government says, that situation is normal, inhabitants can drink water from wells, can eat all products, can breathe air, can take the crop, can pasture a cattle, because analyses of soil, air and water are in a norm.
Authorities do not want to proclaim territory on which was a toxic cloud by the area of ecological calamity.
But official information says, that nowadays there are more than 85 people in hospitals…
I want to give you some questions:
1. How can you comment and analyse this situation?
2. What chemical agents appear as a result of these events?
3. What their properties?
4. What their influence on people?
5. Are they harmful?
6. What must do in this situation people, who live in these territories?
6. Is it normal, when state experts determine concentration of polyphosphates in water, and concentration of phosphoric anhydride in air?
7. What can you say about such concentrations of polyphosphates in water: 0,17 mg/dm3; 0,47 mg/dm3; 1,5 mg/dm3; 2,9 mg/dm3? Are they dangerous?
P.S. I'm sorry that my English may be not very vell...
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