On air: Are industrial accidents an inevitable part of modern economies?
| 15:26 UK time, Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Two things have come out of the toxic sludge spill in Hungary. First you are very interested in hearing from those affected. And second, amongst the condemnation there have been discussion of whether we have to accept that some accidents, though of course the minimum possible, are inevitable.
The majority of national economies are industrialised and our desire for the products and lifestyle that comes with that makes any alternative unthinkable. Are accidents like this a regrettable consequence?
