Toxic sludge almost the size of Gulf Oil spill

AP: The mighty Danube was apparently absorbing Hungary's massive toxic red sludge spill with little immediate harm, officials reported Friday -- even though the amount of caustic slurry spewed over the western part of the country was nearly as great as the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Revising even higher earlier estimates, government officials said the reservoir break at an alumina plant Monday dumped 600,000 to 700,000 cubic meters (158 million to 184 million gallons) of sludge onto three ......

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