The Spill of Cyanide into the Tisza and Danube Rivers

question 72

Multiple Choice

The spill of cyanide into the Tisza and Danube Rivers in 2000 occurred because:

• A)The dam holding the cyanide leach pond water was not strong enough to hold it.
• B)No backup collection pond existed to contain leakage.
• C)An earthquake broke the dam.
• D)All of these answers
• E)Only two of these answers are correct.

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