Reporter Stefan Bos in Budapest describes the impact. I've spoken with people who owned fish restaurants. Also, they are out of business. Thousands and thousands of people are affected. More than 2 million people are suffering because of the cyanide spill.
Residents gather along the shore at night to hold candlelit vigils for their dead river.
Environmentalists hope the more stringent water safety regulations now before the E.U. will prevent future spills. I'm Karen Lowe for Marketplace. And that's the top of our news for Wednesday, February 16th. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 156 points today. Until a last month, hostile corporate take-overs were unheard of in Japan.