"The concentration of TOXIC HEAVY METALS where Hungary's massive red sludge spill entered the Danube has dropped to the level allowed in drinking water, authorities said Friday, easing fears that Europe's second longest river would be significantly polluted.
Monday's reservoir break at an ALUNIMA PLANT dumped up to 700,000 cubic meters (184 million gallons) of sludge onto three villages, government officials said, not much less in a few hours than the 200 million gallons the blown-out BP oil well gushed into the Gulf of Mexico over several months."
PABLO GORONDI reports for Associated Press - click on the title to get to the full news article!
