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A chemical leak at a plant in West Virginia has resulted in the deaths of two people and sent dozens more to hospitals. Officials are investigating the cause of the incident, which involved hydrogen sulfide.
A pipeline supplying feed to pigs in Kruszki near Piła, Poland, ruptured, causing feed to fall into a septic tank and release toxic gases, including hydrogen sulfide, which resulted in the death of over 200 pigs.
An emergency situation has been declared in the Elektrėnai municipality of Lithuania due to severe air pollution around the Kazokiškės landfill, with residents warned about increased hydrogen sulfide concentrations.
According to Maariv, a joint ministry-STP investigation into the complaint revealed a “significant malfunction” in the site’s biological treatment system, caused by prohibited sewage entering.
The Environmental Protection Department has issued a mandatory order to the Vilnius County Waste Management Center to cease excessive hydrogen sulfide pollution at the Kazokiškės landfill, with administrative responsibility to be assigned to the responsible company official.