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April 22, 2015 10:30 pm GMT
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Man swims in one of America's dirtiest waterways for Earth Day
Oh the horror.
The armpit of New York City, aka the Gowanus Canal, is by far the most disgusting, infested and polluted embarrassments of the city. In 2010, the EPA designated the old transportation route turned dumping ground a superfund site
No one in their right mind should so much as look at the canal, but on Wednesday, activist Christopher Swain swam in the canal, which has been dubbed America's dirtiest waterway, to raise awareness for the polluted mess on Earth Day.
Although Swain intended to swim 1.8 miles of the canal, he was forced to land a few blocks sooner, after police asked him to stop due to inclement weather, CBS reports Read more...
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