Zsuzsa Bodnár

SungEel Ltd had been exposing its workers to carcinogenic heavy metals for years.

There is no accurate data on the waste generated at the Samsung factory, according to documents from the plant's environmental procedure.

Battery cells will be imported from Europe for testing, but Hungarian authorities have not made the construction subject to environmental and disaster management permits.

The Göd factory had started and is carrying out activities subject to an unified environmental use permit – without such a permit.

Large amounts of battery waste are stored at a site in Iklad, where photographs show shocking conditions.

In contrast to other European countries, Hungarian environmental legislation is concerningly lax.

Last year, SungEel Ltd. increased its profits significantly, while the conditions in its factories are unsafe, even life-threatening.

After a truck transporting batteries caught fire in Salgótarján, it was discovered that the site receiving the batteries had no fire safety equipment.

Lőrinc Mészáros' company is building the water utilities for the Samsung factory in Göd, the construction will also affect Natura 2000 protection areas.

In Thuringia, local opposition has prevented the construction of a battery recycling plant, the company would expand its capacity in Hungary.

As South Korean and Chinese battery makers break ground in Hungary, locals face the environmental costs.