Reuters: Hungary said it hopes to finish building an emergency dam by Tuesday to hold back a reservoir of toxic sludge after a breach of the original retaining wall caused a deadly flood of industrial waste. About one million cubic meters of red mud, a by-product of alumina production, leaked out of an alumina plant reservoir into villages and waterways in western Hungary last Monday, killing seven people, injuring 123 and fouling rivers including a local branch of the Danube. "We hope ......
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Hungary says sees emergency dam finished by Tuesday
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 11th, 2010
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