Man Goes For Morning Dip in Gonorrhea-Infected Canal Once Again
Last time Christopher Swain swam the waters of Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, he didn’t contact gonorrhea. The second time’s the charm, though!
Swain, an environmental activist, spent his Sunday morning doing a breast-stroke through the famous Superfund site, which has tested positive for PCBs, cement, oil, mercury, lead, multiple volatile organic compounds, coal tar. Wearing a protective dry suit, Swain swam the entire 1.8-mile length, calling it “pretty disgusting.”
Will Swain keep swimming the Gowanus Canal until it gets cleaned up? Will he start swimming other polluted waterways? Will he finally contract gonorrhea??
