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Activist swims Gowanus Canal on Earth Day

While some people planted trees and recycled garbage on Earth Day, Christopher Swain swam part of the Gowanus Canal, notorious for its polluted water. The clean water advocate, originally from New York City, said he did it to highlight the condition of the Brooklyn canal and to push to clean it up once and for all. Swain, 47, wore a dry suit, cap, and goggles. His intention was to swim the full 1.8-mile length of the horribly polluted canal, but an approaching thunderstorm cut his swim short. He gargled with hydrogen peroxide to kill bacteria, climbed out of the sludge, and told reporters and onlookers that he will work with the city to pick a date to come back and do the full swim. The canal is considered one of the most-polluted waterways in the United States. A Popular Science investigation detected arsenic, carcinogens, radioactive materials, bacteria, and sewage in the canal.