Hungary, Toxic Red Sludge | featured news

The Hungarian government has taken control of MAL Ltd., the aluminum company whose chemical waste facility ruptured last week in western Hungary, causing a flood of toxic waste that devastated two towns, killed eight people and wiped out all wildlife in the Marcal river.

The head of the company at the center of a toxic spill in Hungary has been taken in for questioning by the National Bureau of Investigation, police say.

Workers raced to build an emergency dam in western Hungary on Sunday as cracks in a reservoir widened, threatening to unleash a second torrent of toxic sludge on the village of Kolontar and nearby rivers.

Officials say the Hungarian town near that toxic red sludge reservoir that flooded the area is being evacuated for fear of a new leak of the ...