by Joshua S. Verleun
May 26, 2009
After almost 150 years of industrial use and decades of raw sewage discharges from New York City's combined sewer system, the Gowanus Canal has become one of the nation's most contaminated bodies of water....
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http://www.gothamgazette.com/article//20090526/255/2925
Friday, April 24th 2009, 8:41 AM
We take a look at the status of cleanup efforts in the heavily polluted Newtown creek on Brooklyn/Queens border. Alex Matthiessen and Phillip Musegaas are with the Riverkeeper organization.
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2009/04/16/segments/128825