Public confidence in the river was shattered though. In Szeged, Balint Monus put a sign in front of his fish shop declaring that none of his fish come from the Tisza. My sales are down by 80 percent. I'm afraid it will get worse. From Szeged, the Tisza flows into the Yugoslav republic of Serbia and joins the Danube about 30 miles northwest of Belgrade.
Pollution recognizes no borders.
Now, it's just water. Filthy, poisonous water. For us, it was like doomsday. Even though Ada is more than 300 miles downstream from the mine, cyanide killed hundreds of fish there. And now, they were lying everywhere, washed up, dead.