If Reservoir Wall Fails, Hungary Could Face Second Toxic Flood

Time: As cracks grow in the wall of a failing waste reservoir outside a Hungarian aluminum refinery, where one of the worst toxic spills in central-European history took place last week, 1,200 workers are racing against the clock to construct a protective dike to contain the sludgelike effluent if the reservoir collapses. Gyorgyi Tottos, spokeswoman for the Hungarian government's Disaster Management Unit, told TIME that the collapse of the reservoir's crumbling wall, which is holding back ......

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