Senator Hill said the facts relating to the extent of the damage and to company standards are still very unclear. The Hungarian Parliament's environment committee chairman, Zoltan Illich, tells Michael Brissenden there's shock and anger at Esmeralda's downplaying of the environmental damage. Meanwhile, the Hungarian Government has rejected claims by Esmeralda Exploration that Budapest has exaggerated the extent of the cyanide contamination of two of its rivers. Foreign Ministry spokesman Gabor Horvath says anyone who believes five kilometres of dead fish floating along a river is a gross exaggeration, is either unaware of the facts, or wants to ignore them. Mr Horvath was speaking after the Australian company's chair, Brett Montgomery, said unrelated events could be responsible for the massive number of fish killed in the area.
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