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Jozsef Szalai pours a glass of whiskey for his wife, Terez, after dinner after dinner in their home in the aftermath of a toxic industrial accident in a ruined section of Devecser, Hungary on November 20, 2010. On October 4, 2010, a rupture in a reservoir containing toxic alumina sludge in nearby Ajka, Hungary that sent hazardous red sludge gushing through Devecser and several surrounding towns, killing ten, injuring hundreds and leaving several families homeless; unlike other effected families, the Szalai family hopes to remain in their home as long as possible despite the devastation around them.
© Amanda Rivkin